Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

Best friend...

Mashauva glanced at Frida and thought for a while before she mumbled, "It's nothing serious, really. I told you about who I like, didn't I?"

"Yeah." Frida's heart tightened a little. Mashauva was talking about Bruno. "Do you still like him?"

"It doesn't matter anymore." Mashauva shook her head and chuckled, "Bruno... He has a girlfriend now, I think. So even if I like him, I have to conceal my feelings. But, as I'm sure you know, I'm an open book, so I can only avoid meeting him as much as possible."

Hence whenever Bruno came looking for her lately, she'd find excuses to avoid him; she wouldn't even meet Freddy either.

She lived in the girls' dormitory, and it wasn't a place boys could enter at will.

So even if Freddy could come into the school compound, he still wouldn't be able to see her so easily.

She put it indifferently, but Frida was disoriented by the news; face paled; voice tremored.

"W-What did you say?"

Her overreaction got Mashauva looking at her quizzically.

"Frida, what's wrong?"

Realizing she was a little emotional, Frida immediately composed herself, hugging Mashauva as she said, "Nothing, I just feel bad for you."

"Why?"

"Because you like your brother. You're saying... He has a girlfriend now?"

"Yeah." Mashauva nodded. "She wasn't when we last met. But I'm sure she will be soon."

After all, not just anybody could sit in the front passenger's seat of Bruno's car.

was going to sit in it, but never in her wildest imagination would she have thought it

needed no explanation

stupefied. She thought she still had a fighting chance, but who would've thought everybody

whether she was comforting Mashauva or herself, she said, "So be it if he got himself a girlfriend. There are so many outstanding boys in our school. You'll find

could tell Frida's mood was off, but she

over it, somewhat. I'm just feeling a little depressed, but I'm sure

"That's good."

dormitory when her class had ended for the day,

changed slightly; she changed her direction halfway and headed forward, pretending not to have

"Mashauva."

had his eyes locked on her. Seeing that she turned around to leave, he quickly chased after her

away when you saw

she couldn't escape anymore, so she turned to face him as

doing here? I didn't

lot of weight, and it made her eyes look much bigger as a result. However, the shine in her eyes was gone. But more importantly, the naive girl now had a facade. She used to answer

had

me, or do you not want to see me? Do you hate me so much,

he

there was no flesh between his fingers. Distressed,

me or

stopped. Realizing she did not keep up with him, he turned to ask, "Why did you stop?" "Freddy, is this important? If not, I have to go back and study. I've got a lot of homework today. I'm afraid I might

I can do it for

don't want me to? I just want to talk to you; do you have to avoid me like this? Hadn't I made it clear to

you believed me, but from what I'm seeing, you don't believe me at all.

Mashauva's heart softened the

a hurt look. In actuality, she was afraid Freddy was helping Bruno to ask her out. What would she

home from the washroom in the ice cream parlor, Mashauva felt utterly mortified to see

It was too humiliating.

he would've long figured out her feelings for