Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

Chapter 27

Zara walked beside me and muttered in a low voice about how Felix was heartless and blind and would definitely regret his decision down the road.

She said that Lilac was obviously not as innocent as she looked and was clearly just putting on an act for me. She also said that Lilac had all the vibes of a scheming bitch, and I was no match for her because I was such a blockhead.

She was annoyed, and I didn’t interrupt her until she’d finished her rant. Then I told her that Felix and I were history now and that she shouldn’t mention it again.

She gritted her teeth and lectured me about how useless I was. At that moment, she seemed like a mother worrying about my marriage prospects.

I knew she just wanted to defend me, but the facts were right there. I had already distanced myself from Felix, and there was nothing more to be said about it.

Besides, liking him was my own choice and had nothing to do with him.

His feelings for Lilac had nothing to do with me either.

Everyone should just mind their own business.

Zara was frustrated by my lack of drive. She said that in this age, men all liked women who appeared innocent and were just a little sly, and a saint like me would be sure to lose.

didn’t have the heart to argue with her, so I just listened and gave

moisten her throat.

a cliff.. There were peach trees everywhere, but it was rare to find one growing on a cliff

see.

managed to get enough nutrition from the barren rock face.

and there were peaches of all sizes hanging from it, weighing the tree down

was almost vertical, and there were several vines clinging to its surface. Mist drifted in the valley, and we could see a little stream at the bottom,

close to me, and it seemed as if I could reach out and touch it. The fruits bounced in the breeze as if they were talking to me and

climbed up on the ralling and ignored my friends‘ shouts.

old and could not take my weight. All I felt was a

fallen off the cliff. I immediately broke out in a cold sweat as the threat of

and I still had to repay my parents. I still had so much youth that I had

wasn’t my time yet, or maybe I’d just climbed up too many trees in the past.

moment between life and death, I reached out just me to grab a vine growing out

It stopped my fall, and I hung there in

and below my feet was a long way to the ground. My heart thumped when I looked at it, and I felt like I was seeing

gust of wind, and I swayed from side