Chapter 25

I smiled and leaned on Aunt Mel’s shoulder like I used to do when I was young. I said playfully, “Aunt Mel, please don’t say things like this again. If my boyfriend finds out, he’ll be unhappy.”

That night, I lay in bed sleeplessly for a long time. The pain in my heart continued to spread, and I gritted my teeth as I endured it.

When it was almost dawn, Felix sent me a message on WhatsApp. “Do you really have a boyfriend? Who

is he?”

I stared at the phone screen unblinkingly for a long time until my eyes began to ache.

No matter who he was, it wasn’t Felix. Why did he still have to ask so much?

I put the phone on silent mode and tossed it at the foot of the bed without replying.

I didn’t have a boyfriend. Whoever he was, it was my business and had nothing to do with Felix. I had no

reason to tell him anything.

The next morning, with huge dark circles under my eyes, I made plans with a few of my high school

friends to go hiking.

see Felix. But our houses were next to each other, and even bumping into each other

that was the reason I

athletic, and in the past, I loved things like hiking

I no

I just wanted to

going hiking in a group, I preferred finding a

in

opened the front door, Felix was coincidentally putting

Lilac on his arm.

This was really not my year. I couldn’t believe that I

planning

punctual. Let’s go. I called

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was startled. “You

off by yourself?” Felix looked sideways at

chill of dismay

earth were they barging in on this hike? Couldn’t they just let me have some peace

myself?

not go? But I was the one who had organized this, and if I were to cancel now,

kill me.

others present, I really wanted to slap myself in the

them, but now, they were right under my nose! I was just punishing myself

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