Chapter 542

My heart, which had finally calmed down, felt like someone had hurled a rock into it–now the waves- just wouldn’t stop.

I thought, ‘Edward’s not the type to lose control like this.‘

‘It’s not like he’s some twenty–something kid who can’t handle his feelings.’

‘He’s thirty–three–he’s been through everything. Relationships are nothing new to him. But somehow, the last person who should be acting like he’s got his first crush is now stuck in this weird, doomed thing, eating himself up inside.‘

I gripped my phone, thinking for ages before finally replying to Edward, “You can’t force feelings. Let’s just go our separate ways and be well.”

As soon as I hit send, I blocked him again and wiped out all our chats.

If this kept going, he’d make me lose my mind. If it were any other guy, I would’ve just confronted him face to face–with Ryan right there to back me up.

But with Edward, I just couldn’t do it. I didn’t even dare let Ryan notice the slightest thing off.

Lately, spending time with Ryan has actually made me a bit anxious. Maybe what people call “rationality” is just something women use to protect themselves when there’s no love in the picture.

But once your body truly feels pleasure and satisfaction, those emotions that were just floating around suddenly find a place to settle. And as you keep going back and forth, you start to develop feelings you never even realized–attachment, maybe even a little infatuation.

then, I would’ve just been tossed around by these feelings, like a

decided to open my arms and welcome whatever

starting to catch

good night’s rest, I was in the bathroom brushing my

random thought popped into

trying to outdo anyone. But once you step out into the real world,

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family. I want nothing but the best for him, and I really hope he marries someone

the same trick I used on Tracy–time

walk in the park, so I decided to

Sophia showed up at our office with a colleague from her bank to handle

through her, Sophia was

finished up their official business, Sophia came over to find

assistant gave her a warm welcome. Sophia came in holding a coffee, grinning as she said, “Sis, I had a long talk with

moment, then I smiled. “You and Aiden have been together since your freshman year, right? Five years already. That really says a lot about your

great! Aiden treats me so well,” Sophia said, her face glowing

she was carrying–it looked like it cost

another look at the necklace she was wearing. It was a

used to slip him some pocket money, and Jared helped out behind the scenes too. As for my parents, they were always worried he’d be short on cash for his girlfriend,

that, unless Aiden had some major expenses, he should’ve had a decent amount saved up by now. But from the looks of it, he barely had anything left–he must’ve

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