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.

love, so the only thing I

secluded as well. I hid myself there so that

find

hurried footsteps stopped outside the balcony. I didn’t want to be discovered,

inched inward soundlessly.

are you out of your mind? What on earth is so

undergo security clearance if you’re

government.

that family background of hers? She can’t compare to Lulu in any

family background or her own qualifications. Why must it be

was startled It

Aunt Mel and

as this was the White family’s private affairs, after all. It wasn’t appropriate

an

to know too

this was obviously eavesdropping. Even though I wasn’t doing it intentionally,

no way to leave unless I

Felix

He began recklessly arguing with Melinda in a low

in my position, Lilac was standing beside them, her hands clasped together helplessly as she watched them.

tears in her eyes, and it made her look particularly

a moment when, like an idiot, I began to

problems have to do with her? She was just a girl

what had happened between Felix and I, it

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