Chapter 23

“Luna, Lili’s timid and shy, so you’ve got to treat her well. Don’t disappoint me.”

I wouldn’t disappoint him, but he had really disappointed me.

We’d known each other for 19 years, and I was sure he knew very well what kind of person I was. But he was giving me an indirect warning in front of everyone as if I was some kind of sly, spiteful person.

I wasn’t that kind of person, but I was really disappointed.

I said, “Okay.”

Uncle Austin and Aunt Mel probably knew about Lilac’s family and were very unhappy about it. When

dinner started, they kept plying me with food while ignoring Lilac completely.

Lilac shrank back helplessly in her seat while Felix continuously comforted her in a low voice.

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My parents couldn’t say much as this was the White family’s affairs. As for me. I focused intently on

eating and enjoyed the food thoroughly like the connoisseur I was.

This was the most boring dinner I had ever eaten.

When I had had my fill, I put down my cutleries and went out on the balcony for a breath of fresh air.

see them being so in love, so the only thing I could

balcony was small and rather secluded as well. I hid myself there so that it

to find me.

long after, light but hurried footsteps stopped outside the balcony. I didn’t

inched inward soundlessly.

of your mind? What on earth is so good about

Once you graduate, you need to undergo security clearance if you’re going to work for

government.

pass with that family background of hers? She can’t compare

family background or her own qualifications.

was startled

It was Aunt Mel

as this was the White family’s private affairs,

an

me to

wasn’t doing it intentionally, it wouldn’t look good

was a dead end. I had no

Felix

Lilac. He began recklessly

could see in my position, Lilac was standing beside them, her hands clasped together helplessly as she watched them. She looked close

were tears in her eyes, and it made her look

idiot, I began to feel

have to do with her? She was just a girl

I, it was really

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