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

eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over my hands, begging me not

made me touch my nose in

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

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

she explained she was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but

us from mere roommates into inseparable best

threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest to the office, snack on them if

really do love

Christine cursed playfully, “I clearly only love you.”

didn’t bother me, which

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

that evening, I understood

really spent just one night to get her a new car, painted exactly like mine, and

how close you have to be to someone to get

fishbone stuck in

a hard time, then showed up at my doorstep, claiming he

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