After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 64

I hesitated, my thoughts racing.

I knew exactly what he was referring to-the moment I had pushed him away and left without explanation.

had something important to take care of," I replied, my tone more clipped than I intended.

There was a brief pause on the other end, then his voice, tinged with frustration, came

through.

"You didn't think I deserved to know what it was?"

I could hear the irritation, the jealousy, simmering beneath the surface.

In the past, I would have scrambled to apologize, to make things right.

But something had shifted in me.

"Leo, we don't have a relationship anymore." I reminded him, my voice firm. "I don't owe you an explanation."

He was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice had softened, a note of vulnerability slipping through.

"I just wanted to pick you up and bring you home," he admitted, almost as if he feared I wouldn't return.

As if he was afraid I'd say no, he hastened to add, "There's a letter for you mailed to the

original address. Believe me, you'll want to see this."

His words piqued my curiosity and I made an appointment with leo. Soon, I drove to the restaurant where we had arranged to meet, and he was waiting for me in the lobby, his expression unreadable.

As soon as I stepped inside, he stood and handed me a formal, exquisitely crafted envelope,

golden wax bearing an

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took it, my fingers brushing over

I asked, but I already had an

small

unfolded the letter within. My eyes widened

contents.

this..." I whispered, more to

it say?"

ask me some musical questions. So the school planned to invite me back directly

"Graduation party."

seemed to be

when we first met each other,

froze for a moment, then said somewhat

didn't realize

was a student who had not long set foot on a college campus, Leo was already a legend-a final-year student chosen as the

was the epitome of everything I admired, and every girl in the

him.

was grand, with students dressed

wore a bouquet of flowers pinned to our chests, a symbol of

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significance.

day, and Aria, ever the troublemaker, had taken advantage of my distraction to knock my

because I knew I

Leo noticed the fallen flower as he came down from the stage after

who didn't want to die, and

my surprise, he

leaned over to pick

"Elizabeth......