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
Gemma did talk
Ian, who seemed far from enjoying reminiscing about those supposedly happy
was full of embarrassment.
decided, she said he had passed her test. These three years had been a trial for Ian,
He had indeed pursued Gemma, but that
by Gemma in her white dress
initially very appealing to the youthful man, especially since he had
pursued her for a full year, but Gemma changed significantly during
wearing heavy makeup, dressing provocatively, and skipping classes. She always had
boyfriend, an ordinary-looking man in his forties. She was with the man only because he
this book
called dating.
were not uncommon in college, but Ian initially didn't believe it until he
and after sophomore year, he stopped pursuing
including Gemma, continued to believe he was interested
time Gemma asked for his help, he never
help anyone who asked. It was just that no one else was as brazen
but Ian never clarified his feelings,
she went through one "sugar daddy" after another,
on her long ago, so when Gemma suddenly declared she wanted to be his girlfriend today, his intention
to explain things to Gemma, but before he could say anything, she had dragged him here. It turned out she brought him here today
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
The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!