Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

Chapter 52

I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

I wanted to lighten the mood, so I changed the subject with a grin, “But why have your so good to me all these years?”

been

was it that was crying their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead

made me touch my nose in

rooftop catching some cold air when I saw her and panicked,

freaked out, thinking I was trying to kill her and started to

her head, not jump off, but I almost gave her a heart

from mere roommates into inseparable best friends.

laugh and casually threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest

love me

cursed playfully, “I clearly only

me,

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Chapter 52

Ferguson Group was actually pretty smooth when I could just focus on

work that evening, I understood why.

get her a new car, painted exactly like

colleagues even commented on how close you have to be

like a fishbone stuck in

let his lover give me a hard time, then showed up at

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