Chapter 51: Please Give Up on Ian

"Excuse me, here are your cake and your drink," the waiter said as he brought over the desserts and beverages.

"Thank you," Aurora replied out of habit.

"Please enjoy."

Gemma, smiling radiantly, scooped a spoonful of cake. "Aurora, perhaps you already know that Ian has been pursuing me for three years."

Aurora shook her head. "I didn't know."

She had only recently transferred and really wasn't interested in such gossip.

Most days, she hid her Bluetooth earpiece in her hair to listen to work updates from Asher.

She had neither the time nor the energy to concern herself with who in class was hooking up or breaking up.

To her, these matters were as trivial as children playing house, hardly worth mentioning.

Aurora's honest answer only led Gemma to misunderstand that Aurora was interested in Ian and was trying to intervene, hence her denial.

"Well, it's natural you wouldn't know, having just arrived," Gemma continued, "We met in our first macroeconomics class..."

Gemma quickly began to chatter away, leaving Aurora wondering how well she really knew her.

discuss

if Gemma did talk about it, Aurora

who seemed far from enjoying reminiscing about those supposedly

embarrassment. He was as baffled as

decided, she said he had passed her test. These three years

indeed pursued Gemma, but that was back

smitten by Gemma in her white

of the young woman was initially very appealing to the youthful man, especially since he had never been in a

a full year, but

started wearing heavy makeup, dressing provocatively, and skipping classes. She always had her assignments done by him whenever she

she had a boyfriend, an ordinary-looking man in his forties. She was with the man only because he gave her three

only place to read the complete version of this book for free. Don't

they had could hardly be called dating. It

didn't believe it until

and after sophomore year, he stopped pursuing

including Gemma, continued to believe he was interested in her because of his

he never refused, leading her to misinterpret his kindness

It was just that no one else was as

frequently, but Ian never clarified his feelings,

through one "sugar daddy" after another, her dresses getting shorter and her makeup

ago, so when Gemma suddenly declared she wanted to

refuse. After the afternoon exam, Ian had intended to explain things to Gemma, but before he could say anything, she had dragged him here. It turned out she brought him here today to provoke Aurora, probably unaware of Aurora's true appearance. Only Ian, who had seen Aurora's true beauty, knew that

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