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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.

opened his mouth, but he struggled

hoarse as he sputtered, “You mean it like

“Hugo! Audrey…”

No! We didn’t

Audrey pulled her arm free from Hugo. She picked up his coat and handed

Chanter 2

as he turned to

mask. Her long, thick,

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thin, beige coat draped over her arm. Even with her

time Amelia had seen Audrey since the drugging incident.

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

but Amelia did. Regardless of

thanked her and added with pursed lips, “Ms. Doyle, I wish you and Nathan everlasting

startled. She instinctively tightened her grip on

Nathan remembered everything?”

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

Nathan’s voice, filled with excitement and hurried footsteps, came from above as he quickly

pulled Amelia away from Audrey, his heart pounding. He feared Audrey might have said something she shouldn’t have.

cried and demanded Nathan take responsibility for

swore nothing had happened between him and Audrey. But the truth was, he couldn’t remember if

women these days, fearing

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

go. We should head back in!”

tomorrow, so I’m heading to the airport now. I won’t be back until tomorrow

a smile. She added, “I came to give you your birthday present and

her wrist, his brow furrowed. His usual

who he meant by “no one

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

her down coat.

figure and softly said, “I know what you planned for today. Everyone told me! I’m sorry, Nathan, but