Angela and Annie sat in the car, but the latter couldn’t stop talking about the subject just now. She pestered Angela with questions, asking. “Angela, tell me about Richard. Is he easy to get along with? Is he handsome at work?”

Angela nodded. “H-He’s quite easy to get along with, but he seems very busy. I rarely saw him, so I don’t know much about him.”

“Yeah, that’s understandable. He left in a hurry before the end of our engagement dinner last time.” Richard was a workaholic in Annie’s mind’s eye.

“Annic, when will you get married to him? Has the date been finalized?” Angela asked tentatively.

Annie’s face blushed. She replied shyly. “It’s still early for that! We’ve only met once, after all. But Grandpa said that Richard’s grandfather wishes us to get married sooner because he wants to have a great-grandson.”

Angela looked at Annie as emotions surged within her. Her feelings were mixed, but she was also glad that she didn’t ruin the latter’s happiness. “Congratulations, Annie.”

mention me when you met him? I sent him a lot of text messages, but he

“He didn’t reply to any of your text

50 text messages. I wonder if he’s so busy that he

he is that busy! He spends lots of time reading over there. But how could he be so cruel as to not reply

comforted her instead, saying, “It’s okay, Angela. I know that he’s busy; perhaps he’s rushed off his feet with lots of

really wanted to tell Annie that Richard wasn’t busy at all, and that he had plenty of time and was ignoring her text messages on purpose. She also felt sorry for Annie, whose feelings for Richard weren’t

you angry about that?” Angela asked

as long as he saw my messages. I’m just texting him about my feelings, anyway. I’m afraid of bothering him,

her hand and patted Annie on the head while looking at her with sympathy. It’s too bad that such feelings aren’t cherished. She hoped Richard would give Annie a

break off their engagement? If he really doesn’t love Annie, he can do that and stop making a laughingstock of

able to see him. If only I were quarantined along with

could travel back to the day of Annie’s engagement. If only I knew that he was Annie’s fiancé. That way, what happened after that wouldn’t

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