Chapter 1024:

Elyse frowned, ready to turn him down, but Edward, as if reading her mind, gently pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her.

Caught off guard, Elyse found herself staring at Edward, wondering what curveball he was about to throw her way. In a soft, almost tender voice, Edward whispered, “My dear, once was enough for the hurtful words. There’s no need to repeat them.”

Elyse brushed his hand away, sighing as she said, “Then go on, be a good boy, and enjoy the evening with your friends. I just want a moment to myself.”

Edward’s shoulders rose and fell in a shrug. “Alright, but you have to promise that when you meet your friend, you’ll take me along.”

“Fine, I promise,” Elyse replied, waving him off wearily.

for a drink. With her hovering shadow gone, Elyse breathed a sigh of relief. She knocked back her drink in one

come to see me yet? Do you know how well the performance went today?” Her gaze drifted into the distance before she fished out her phone, pulling up

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worry like this—it’s childish. If this is your way,

performance in the rearview mirror and some liquid courage in her system, those buried emotions were bubbling to

day. We’ll meet again at the hall the day after to prepare for

bounded over excitedly, asking, “Did you wait long?

I wasn’t waiting

a lead balloon. “Theo? What’s your ex doing here? Is he tagging along to meet your friend too? Can’t you stop being so indecisive?

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