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.

I quietly kept you company, occasionally chatting. You said you liked my

disgust, and

to stay calm, but

left marks on

“Shut up!”

chair. She had been trying to forget what happened

other end,

that you do care. What if I often remind lan about that night? Would he feel distressed? He’s a guy who’s been neglected by his family since childhood, finally found someone he has a crush on, but she

was doing this on purpose, and he

chair, an indescribable look

close to his, everyone would give me gifts, but he got nothing. He would pretend to be calm and say he didn’t want anything. I kind

and have a dinner with me, or I’ll put the details of our night together into a document and

was silent for a full

knew she

enough, three minutes later, Maja

you the restaurant’s

See

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