My Mirror Image

Chapter 0015

Alex then looked at Candice.

“What he said–my car broke down,” she said as she picked up the glass of wine that Alex poured. She simply added, “If you want a drinking buddy, I’ll take his place.”

“You take his place?” Alex emphasized. He looked at Candice and Jackson meaningfully and asked frivolously, “Who are you to him? You taking his place?”

Candice frowned. Alex was obviously displeased judging from his tone.

Right then, Sonia, who had been quiet, suddenly exclaimed, “Mr. Shyan, are you Candice’s boyfriend?”

Candice was surprised. She stared at Sonia coldly but before she could say a word, Alex added, “Is it so?”

His deep eyes were fixated on Candice, waiting for her answer.

“Don’t give her a hard time,” Jackson said gently. His smile was as soothing as the spring breeze. He easily got Candice out of the tricky situation.

“We are just friends.”

Since the man had made it clear, the others dropped the subject.

Candice then excused herself to the restroom.

purely a coincidence that she bumped into Jackson.

trip. He mentioned he was going to a party and kindly extended the invitation to Candice.

up his plan, so she tagged along. To her surprise, it was the party

hands. She was planning to wait outside and

out.

in their circle knew Jackson

the person she could talk to among Alex’s

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explain herself but she found herself uttering something entirely different. “Wouldn’t you be

does that have to do

Sonia to ask me if I have

of answer were you expecting?”

of them. The carpet silenced all footsteps with its furry texture.

curled her hands and said, “I tried calling you earlier,

at her with his

used to love his eyes because they were the only way to see the side

no

looked at the same eyes again, she suddenly realized there was nothing but the cold abyss.