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.

settled down. After that, she 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

to Larry’s restaurant once more. When Larry and Candace saw Casper there with another beautiful woman, their

both made a mental note to tell Elena about it and to urge her to work harder to get

I’ll be

as they sat down. He was essentially gesturing her to

most expensive dish is cheap. Naturally, it would be difficult for Casper to foot the bill if he was still stuck in his

an

ordered the cheapest option on

sandwich,” blurted Casper. He was half-joking when

ordered two more dishes. Then, she pointed, “There. I really won’t be able to finish anything more. Also, you shouldn’t be

“You’re right,” agreed Casper.

he wasn’t going to show his true net

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

Amelia looked even more serene and beautiful. Casper could tell that she put some effort into looking nice, which is why she

is probably the best outfit she owned,

were about to turn the corner and head to the ladies’ dorm. She turned to Casper and seemed a little

the one who should be thanking you for 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

Amelia with a straight face

you again tomorrow if I go to the spot behind the mountain?” asked

Amelia and couldn’t stop himself

“Yeah,” replied Amelia.

up. Her beautiful face blushed once more when her clear eyes looked into Casper’s. She was honest when she answered his question, but her heart thumped faster,

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