Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 53

Seeing Sylvia's image appear on the phone screen, I could hardly contain my excitement. After all these days, I finally got to see her again.

Sylvia couldn't hide her excitement as well. But she covered her mouth, put on a serious expression, and scolded me.

"Hudson, after all this time, you finally decided to call me. I thought you'd forgotten you had a girlfriend."

Hearing that, I felt helpless and somehow misunderstood.

Not only did I remember I had a girlfriend, I had also been reminding myself practically every second of it. No matter what Selena said or how she tried to tempt me, I couldn't bring myself to give in.

Sometimes, though, I wonder. If I hadn't met Sylvia, if I hadn't agreed to be with her, how would things between Selena and me be now?

"Hudson, let's get back together. I promise, from now on, I'll only love you. Trust me."

words weighed heavily on

that my mood was down, Sylvia put away her stern look

know yet. We are short of staff right now. I'm the leader of this project, so there's so much to handle that I..."

condition was unpredictable. I didn't know how she was progressing either. Judging by the way things were

I have to have you by my side. I'm young, after all. I can wait for you to come back." But

trying to hide her longing for

times when I wanted to just tell Sylvia the whole truth, but the thought of Selena and Zion stopped me

to get hurt because of me. I didn't want to drag her into this mess as that would make

I sighed and tried to reassure her,."I'll try to finish it as soon as possible and come

and quickly found an excuse to

in front of me. I could tell how much she missed me, but sometimes, certain things are best left unsaid, just like with

in a dead end, and it was hard enough to protect myself. I didn't have the

ready to leave, I saw Zion standing