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“Audrey!” Hugo called.

He caught up with her at the entrance of the bar. He wanted to grab her arm but hesitated just before touching her down jacket. His long leg stepped forward to block her descent down the steps.

“Did you move out of the apartment?”

“Yes,” Audrey replied. Her eyes were downcast as half her face was hidden in the fluffy scarf.

Now that she had decided to let Nathan go, she naturally wouldn’t stay in an apartment filled with

their memories.

“Where have you been staying these past few days?” he asked her.

Hugo didn’t give Audrey a chance to lie.

He continued, “I went to Sheysea University yesterday to look for you. Your roommate said your family came to the dorm and made it impossible for you to stay there. You haven’t been around us. either. Have you been staying with the Lambert family?

Audrey felt a sting in her heart at the mention of the Lambert family’s. She looked up. Her clear eyes met Hugo’s steadily.

“Thank you for your concern and for speaking up for me earlier. But… I know my place. We never belonged together. We only became friends because of Nathan. Now that I’ve decided not to cling to Nathan, I shouldn’t bother his friends either.”

Hugo, usually so genteel, felt a sting from Audrey’s sudden coldness. He grabbed her arm to stop her from moving away. His wool coat fell from his hands in the process.

Ignoring the fallen coat, he gripped Audrey’s arm tightly. “Do you have to speak like that?”

“If I hadn’t woken up, it wouldn’t have come to this,” Audrey said, looking at Hugo’s astonished.

expression.

Her voice was calm yet hollow. She continued, “I’m sorry. It’s my fault for waking up from the coma and disrupting your lives. I’ll leave Sheysea as soon as I can. That’s what you all want, right?”

Nathan’s family took her in when she was ten. She had grown up with Hugo and the others. Once, Audrey had truly believed they were also her friends and childhood companions.

mouth, but he struggled

and his voice was hoarse as he sputtered, “You mean it

“Hugo! Audrey…”

No! We didn’t

voice, Audrey pulled her arm free from Hugo. She picked

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stepped out of a car. Her thin, beige coat draped over her arm. Even

the first time Amelia had

calmly and said, “I know that, with your character, you couldn’t have been behind

Amelia did. Regardless of

with pursed lips, “Ms. Doyle, I wish you and Nathan everlasting happiness,”

instinctively tightened her grip on the gift bag.

Nathan remembered everything?”

her head in response, then added, “I’m the one giving

with excitement and hurried footsteps, came from above as he quickly descended the stairs

He feared Audrey might have said something

Amelia cried and demanded Nathan

Audrey. But the truth was, he couldn’t remember

the two women these days, fearing Audrey would tell Amelia about that

he frowned and scolded her softly. He slipped the thin coat onto her shoulders and pulled her into his

go. We should head back

Valerianth City tomorrow, so I’m heading to the airport

added, “I came to give you your birthday present and to wish you a happy birthday! Have

Amelia was holding out to him. Instead, he held onto her wrist, his brow furrowed. His usual carefree demeanor was gone, replaced by an almost puppy–like neediness.

who he meant by “no one else“.

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face and headed down the steps. She buried her hands in the

her down coat.

and softly said, “I know what you planned for today. Everyone told me! I’m sorry, Nathan, but I can’t accept it yet.