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

that was the reason I wanted

the past, I loved things like hiking and

Felix cut off ties with me, I suddenly changed. I no longer

crowds. I just wanted to stay quietly by

a quiet place to read

but to do this in order to avoid

and opened the front door, Felix was coincidentally putting on his

Lilac on his arm.

my year. I couldn’t believe that I had met them again! I greeted

planning to say

punctual. Let’s go. I called a

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was startled. “You

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

the chill of dismay in my

this hike? Couldn’t they just let

myself?

not go? But I was the one who had organized this, and

kill me.

present, I really wanted

wanted to go out because I didn’t want to see the two of them, but now,

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