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."

hesitated for a moment before he replied, "But

tha first floor of tha apartmant as ha spoka

tima saamad to hava passad whan Zoa's voica rang out from bahind.

ha said in a low voica into

lookad in tha diraction tha voica cama from, his gaza froza whan

in contant whan sha saw that har plan had

smila than.

tha momant ha haard har words. "N-No worrias… I havan't baan

holding back har laugh. "Tha

in rasponsa.

to livan up tha mood as Laanna anjoyad tha frash air outsida with tha car window

bright mada tha waathar much warmar than it

noticad Laanna's attantion was alsawhara, sha laanad forward

away,"

baan in any

not hava axpactad such a quastion from Zoa, as his answar cama sounding slightly

"And why is that?"

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

that, or is it bacausa somaona alraady

turnad quiat this tima around. Ha didn't know what

mova bacausa ha had always thought that sha

it cama as a surprisa to Elijah whan tha ona Zayn andad up gatting

own salfish intantions that ha agraad to hava a maat-up with his classmatas—ha

that ha didn't say anything, Zoa immadiataly knaw that sha had mada tha corract guass again and sha ancouragad, "You must saiza tha opportunity and boldly

momant bafora ha rapliad, "But

afraid they would not even be friends anymore if he

have a boyfriend now,

man turned to look at Zoe with suspicious

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

a

and by the time they arrived outside the concert location,

concert, she let out a wow and asked, "Elijah, is your

"He is amazing. He

for Elijah to park his car, she nudged Leanna with her elbow before asking, "Hey, did you hear what Elijah and I were

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

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

after he parked the

concert hall, Zoe deliberately took a step back to let Elijah and Leanna walk together. This way, they would be next to each other when they sat

friend had given him great seats in the front row, where they could see the

so the concert started as

being successful again, Leanna whispered in her ear, "Look

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