Hence, no one ever asked her to join them for a meal. They acted as if she was a plague and distanced themselves from her.

Amelia was, in effect, a frightened bunny living amongst a pack of wolves in the wildest rainforest.

Yet, Casper inspired a different emotion within her. His sincerity and warmth filled her, even though he was just being a good friend.

Her eyes stung once more, and tears started gathering again.

She felt like crying.

“Before that, though, you should go change out of your clothes and put on something dry. You’re drenched, and you’ll catch a cold even if it is summer,” said Casper as he turned around and stared at Amelia’s wet clothes.

“Okay,” replied Amelia.

She nodded firmly. That gesture got tears to roll down her eyes.

That was a tear of joy. She had never had a friend before, and she definitely didn’t know what it was like to have another man caring for her. All that happiness made it so that she couldn’t hold her emotions in anymore, and her tears reacted to that.

“Ah, don’t cry. W-what did I do? Did I make a mistake?” blurted Casper.

He got nervous when he saw her crying again. She’s not going to jump into the lake and try committing suicide again, is she?

“No, no. I’m just really glad to have met you,” said Amelia.

She was quick to clarify the situation because she didn’t want Casper to worry about her. It’s nice to have someone caring about me.

changed into a dry outfit, and he took her to the place where he had supper with Ms. Schneider some time ago. He wanted to check out the food street that

more. When Larry and Candace saw Casper there with another

note to tell Elena about it and to urge her

I’ll be picking up the

they sat down. He was essentially gesturing her to order something

anyway. Their target customers are the public, so even the most expensive dish is cheap. Naturally, it would be difficult for Casper to foot the bill if he

an egg

cheapest option on the

He was half-joking when he teased, “Don’t worry.

She stared at Casper in embarrassment before picking the menu up again and ordered two more dishes. Then, she pointed, “There. I really won’t be able to finish anything more. Also, you

“You’re right,” agreed Casper.

agreement because he wasn’t going to show his true

Amelia took a walk down the path within their campus. It was quiet, and the yellowish streetlight made the

tell that she put some

the best

to turn the corner and head to the ladies’ dorm. She turned to Casper and seemed

letting me do something nice,” said Casper with a smile, “Everyone says that saving a life would create good karma and send us to heaven. Now that I rescued you, I will definitely make

you will,” replied Amelia with a straight face

see you again tomorrow if I go to the

stared at the beautiful Amelia and couldn’t stop

“Yeah,” replied Amelia.

tilted her head up. Her beautiful face blushed once more when her clear eyes looked into

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