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

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

do, and I wanted nothing more than to go home and burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me from

his room.

reject her offer, but I also didn’t do as she told me. Instead, I sat

started 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 apologized multiple times, I still wasn’t over

very unforgiving person who held on to grudges, i just knew that there was a

but I also didn’t dare to get any

here alone? You look like a sad,

phone was suddenly snatched away, making me jump in

the armrest on the couch and brought my phone up to

I chose it because it was a very long movie, and it was good for killing time when I had too

to me,” I said, reaching up to

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

his room,

a long, long time. He didn’t know about those photos. I was

up and went to his room

his room, he was sitting by his table. He was holding my phone with one hand, and his

all of his teeth. His eyes were also bright

let me be my miserable self for the day. Why couldn’t he just leave me be instead of disturbing

time?

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255