Chapter 1195

Meanwhile, Eric called Maja, but she didn’t answer. Instead, she blocked him outright.

Undeterred, he switched to several new numbers and kept calling.

Unable to bear the annoyance, Maja finally picked up. A gentle voice came from the other end.

“Maja, fancy grabbing some lunch together?”

“You don’t need to pretend to be like him. I know you are not.”

His silence followed her words. Then, Patric chuckled.

“If I’m not him, then who could be? Remember when you were all teary, wasn’t it me who handed you a tissue?”

That was Maja’s first encounter with Eric. She had just moved from Greenfield to Crystalbrook Valley. Because she missed Lillian so much that she cried quietly to herself.

It should have been a warm memory, but coming from this man, it sent a chill down her spine.

Patric continued.

ate at a food truck together in Crystalbrook Valley, enjoyed jambalaya, and whenever you were sketching, I quietly kept you company, occasionally chatting. You said you liked my voice, Maja.

disgust, and

deep breath, trying to

left marks on

“Shut up!”

sat up from her office chair. She had been trying to forget what happened with Eric

other end, casually

a guy who’s been neglected by his family since childhood, finally found someone he has a

knew Patric was doing this on purpose, and he

his chair, an indescribable look of

our family, but never received a smile. On his birthday, he would sit quietly in a corner. After all, my birthday is close to his, everyone would give me gifts, but he got

and have a dinner with me, or I’ll put the details of our night together into a document and send it to lan for a good

was silent for a full

patiently. He knew she would

enough, three minutes later, Maja

the restaurant’s address.”

Maja. See you soon.”

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