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.

of yesterday. I especially did not want to see Felix. But our houses were next to each other, and even bumping into each

and that was the reason I

and in the past, I loved things

I no longer liked sports that

just wanted to stay quietly

finding a quiet place to read or daydream. But I had

but to do this in order to

had gotten ready and opened the front door, Felix was coincidentally

Lilac on his arm.

Lilac.” This was really not my year. I couldn’t

not planning to

Let’s go.

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“You guys are

yourself?” Felix looked sideways at me, and there was mockery in his

only felt the chill of dismay

barging in on this hike? Couldn’t they just let

myself?

was the one who had organized this,

kill me.

hadn’t been others present, I really wanted to slap myself in the

see the two of them, but now, they were right under

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