Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

Chapter 19

I felt a pang in my heart. The sweet, juicy watermelon immediately turned sour in my mouth.

I kept my silence as I frowned and tossed the watermelon skin back onto the table. Then, I wiped myself clean with the towel.

Was that a harmless insult? Or did he really look down on me that much?

He was perfect. As someone who’d had a crush on him for the longest time ever, how much harder did I have to work to shift my affection to somebody else?

I didn’t know if I was destined to spend the rest of my life alone while waiting and hoping that my childhood sweetheart would finally come to his senses.

“Felix White, you’re a meanie. Can’t you stop being so cruel to me?” I whined inwardly.

It was bad enough that he didn’t like me. But he didn’t have to rob me of my peace either.

Please, could he just leave me the fuck alone?

Both our families still spent Christmas Eve together.

Mom, Dad, and I were all quickly ushered over to Uncle Austin’s house early in the morning. Mom then looked at Christmas dinner recipes with Aunt Mel while Dad and Uncle Austin pored over a game of

chess.

p with fairy

were decorated with Christmas decals, and the rest of the house was lights. We’d hear caroling outside the door from time to time, and the TV just kept playing Christmas movies on repeat. It really felt like

nothing more than to go home and burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me from leaving and suggested that

his room.

as she told me. Instead, I

scrolling on

and I didn’t allow myself to forget it either. Even

on to grudges, i just knew that there was a deep scar in my heart that never healed. Maybe I would never recover for

my heart and soul, but I also didn’t dare to get

You

phone was suddenly snatched away, making me jump in

onto the armrest on the couch and brought my phone up to his

didn’t choose it because I liked tort was good. Rather, I chose it because it was a very long movie, and it was good for killing time when I had

back to me,” I said, reaching up to try and snatch it back

threw me a glance, saying, “If you want your phone back come to my room to get it.” Then, he turned on his heels

his room,

saved them for a long, long time. He didn’t know about those photos. I was worried that he would come across those photos by accident and kick up another huge

went to his room

sitting by his table. He was holding my phone with one hand, and his other hand beckoned me in. “Come in. We can watch the

all of his teeth. His eyes were

should just let me be my

time?