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.”

text messages, but he didn’t reply to any of them. I once suspected that I had the wrong phone number,” Annie said with a

at her. “He didn’t reply

him almost 50 text messages. I wonder

was suddenly enraged. Like hell he is that busy! He spends lots of time reading over there. But how could he be so cruel as to not reply to any of Annie’s messages? “How could he

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

up and down. She 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

about that?” Angela asked while looking at

understandingly. “I’m not angry. I’m happy as long as he saw my messages. I’m just texting him about my feelings, anyway.

looking at her with sympathy. It’s too bad that such feelings aren’t cherished.

really doesn’t love Annie, he can do that and stop making

I’m so envious of you for being able to see him. If only I were quarantined

travel back to the day of Annie’s engagement. If only I knew that he was

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