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

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

nothing for me to do, and I wanted nothing more than to go home and burrow under my

his room.

I also didn’t do as she told me. Instead, I sat

scrolling on

flashing in my mind. It was already deeply embedded in my brain, and I didn’t allow myself to forget it either. Even if Felix had

it sound as if I was a very unforgiving person who held on to grudges, i just knew that there was a deep scar in my heart that never healed. Maybe I would

all of my heart and soul, but I also didn’t dare

You look like a sad, abandoned

was suddenly snatched away, making

He held onto the armrest on the couch and brought my phone up to

to watch. I 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 too

movie. Give it back to me,” I said, reaching up

you want your phone back come to my room to get it.” Then, he

didn’t want to go to his room, much less chase after

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

and went to his

He was holding my phone with one

widely and happily, showing all of

false hope by leading me on. He should just let me be my miserable self for the day. Why couldn’t he just leave me be instead of disturbing me all

time?

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