Lyle’s erratic breathing emanated through the dark corridor. He looked straight into my eyes with his wide, unblinking eyes. Inexplicable emotions seemed to have overpowered him before he finally said in a small voice, “Will you believe me if I said yes?”
I chuckled and blinked my eyes. “Why don’t you bet on it?”
he said. It was funny enough that I could not seem to pinpoint any happy moments when we were together. Well, if I had to mention one, it would have to be the time when he proposed to me, albeit it being an illusion. However, it was
me indignantly. I supposed he was hurt
I had believed everything you said before after
at the hospital.” I headed out of the corridor and took the elevator. The door sprung
I asked,
said nothing and just looked at me. I did not avert my gaze. I was not Crystal, and I wasn’t the old Yvonne either. Hence, I was already immune to
Well, in the
interrupted him. I did not have the intention of listening to what he had to say, be it us having a future, or the other way round. He was just spinning old yarns. I pressed the open button, strode out of the elevator, opened the car door to the backseat,
Lyle frowned. “You used to
and said impassively as he droned on, “I heard every word you said to Crystal clearly in the woods
All colors drained from his face as his lips twitched. It was as if he was fumbling for an explanation, but in the end,
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