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.
well enough to discuss her
Gemma did talk about it, Aurora wasn't
at Ian, who seemed far from enjoying reminiscing about those
face was full of embarrassment. He was as baffled as
suddenly approached him saying she had made up her mind. When Ian asked what she had decided, she said he had passed her test. These three years had been a trial for
showed no joy, only shock. He had indeed pursued Gemma, but that
smitten by Gemma in
young woman was initially very appealing to the youthful man, especially
shyly confessed his feelings and pursued her for a full year, but Gemma changed significantly during that
and skipping classes. She always had her
an ordinary-looking man in his forties. She was with
to read the complete version of this book for free.
they had could hardly be called dating. It was more like
it until he saw
facade, and
including Gemma, continued to believe he was interested in her because
his help, he never refused, leading her to
asked. It was just
but Ian never clarified his feelings, and they never
as she went through one "sugar daddy" after another, her dresses getting shorter and
declared she wanted
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 such a beautiful girl could never like someone like him. While Gemma recounted their past,
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