Chapter 25

I smiled and leaned on Aunt Mel’s shoulder like I used to do when I was young. I said playfully, “Aunt Mel, please don’t say things like this again. If my boyfriend finds out, he’ll be unhappy.”

That night, I lay in bed sleeplessly for a long time. The pain in my heart continued to spread, and I gritted my teeth as I endured it.

When it was almost dawn, Felix sent me a message on WhatsApp. “Do you really have a boyfriend? Who

is he?”

I stared at the phone screen unblinkingly for a long time until my eyes began to ache.

No matter who he was, it wasn’t Felix. Why did he still have to ask so much?

I put the phone on silent mode and tossed it at the foot of the bed without replying.

I didn’t have a boyfriend. Whoever he was, it was my business and had nothing to do with Felix. I had no

reason to tell him anything.

The next morning, with huge dark circles under my eyes, I made plans with a few of my high school

friends to go hiking.

especially did not want to see Felix. But our houses were next to each other, and even bumping into each other was a normal occurrence. The only way to avoid him was to

and that was the reason I

I

I suddenly changed. I no longer liked sports that were too extreme,

wanted to

than going hiking in a group, I preferred finding a quiet place to read

to do this in order

front door,

Lilac on his arm.

This was really not my year. I couldn’t

not planning to say

go. I called a cab

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startled. “You guys are

we just going to let you gallivant off by yourself?” Felix looked sideways at me, and there was

the chill of dismay

were they barging in on this hike? Couldn’t they just let me have some

myself?

who had organized this, and

kill me.

hadn’t been others present, I really wanted to

had wanted to go out because I didn’t want to see the two of them, but now, they were right under

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