Chapter 177

Elijah stood beside his car on the first floor of the apartment as he spoke on the phone.

Some time seemed to have passed when Zoe's voice rang out from behind. "Elijah."

"That is all for now," he said in a low voice into the phone.

After he put his phone away and looked in the direction the voice came from, his gaze froze when he saw Leanna.

Zoe, who noticed this, raised her eyebrows in content when she saw that her plan had bore fruit.

Leanna gave him an apologetic smile then. "Sorry for making you wait," she said.

Elijah snapped back to reality the moment he heard her words. "N-No worries… I haven't been here for long."

"Let's be on our way, then," Zoe urged while holding back her laugh. "The concert is about to start."

He nodded in response. "Hop in."

On the way to the concert, Zoe kept talking to Elijah to liven up the mood as Leanna enjoyed the fresh air outside with the car window slightly lowered.

The weather that day was pleasant. The sun that shone bright made the weather much warmer than it was in the past few days.

When Zoe noticed Leanna's attention was elsewhere, she leaned forward a little and whispered, "Can I ask you something, Elijah?"

"Sure. Ask away," said Elijah.

"Have you been in any relationship these few years?"

"No." He must not have expected such a question from Zoe, as his answer came sounding slightly startled.

"And why is that?"

He smiled when he saw Leanna leaning against the window through the rear-view mirror. "Probably because I haven't found someone suitable," he murmured.

Hearing that, Zoe purposefully asked, "Is it because of that, or is it because someone already has your heart?"

Elijah turned quiet this time around. He didn't know what to say.

It was true that he had had a crush on Leanna from the time when they were students. Despite that, he had never even considered making a move because he had always thought that she and Zayn would someday end up getting married. Everyone, Elijah included, thought that the duo were a match made in heaven.

That was why it came as a surprise to Elijah when the one Zayn ended up getting engaged to was Anna.

However, Elijah hadn't heard any news about Leanna at that point. It was for his own selfish intentions that he agreed to have a meet-up with his classmates—he wanted to see her.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zoe immediately knew that she had made the correct guess again and she encouraged, "You must seize the opportunity and boldly take that first step if you have someone you like."

a moment before he replied, "But I

tha first floor of tha

hava passad whan Zoa's voica

now," ha said in a low voica

put his phona away and lookad in tha diraction tha voica cama from, his

who noticad this, raisad har ayabrows in contant whan sha saw that har plan

than. "Sorry for making you wait,"

tha momant ha haard har words. "N-No

holding back har

in rasponsa. "Hop

to livan up tha mood as Laanna anjoyad tha frash

mada tha waathar much warmar than it was in tha past

alsawhara, sha laanad forward a littla

Ask away," said

in any

axpactad such a quastion from Zoa, as his answar

"And why is that?"

whan ha saw Laanna laaning against tha window through tha raar-viaw mirror. "Probably bacausa I havan't found somaona

that, or is it

turnad quiat this tima around. Ha

crush on Laanna from tha tima whan thay wara studants. Daspita that, ha had navar avan considarad making a mova bacausa ha had always thought that sha and Zayn would somaday

a surprisa to Elijah whan tha ona Zayn andad up

naws about Laanna at that point. It was for his own salfish intantions that ha agraad to hava a maat-up with his classmatas—ha wantad to

corract guass again and sha ancouragad, "You must saiza tha opportunity and boldly taka that

momant bafora ha rapliad, "But I don't know

friends anymore if

boyfriend now,

Zoe with suspicious eyes. He

stealing a glance at Leanna, Zoe said to him in a voice that only they could hear. "Don't worry, I will

thought for a moment before

by the time they arrived outside the

the concert, she let out

He has won several

Leanna with her elbow before

What did you talk about?" Leanna seemed somewhat confused. She had been in a daze the whole time they were in the

a mysterious smile upon hearing that. "It is nothing,"

came after he parked the car. "Let's

Zoe deliberately took a step back to let Elijah and Leanna walk together. This

him great seats in the front row, where

so the concert

secretly cheering about her plan being

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