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.

next to each other, and

was the reason I

and in the past, I loved things like

changed. I no longer

wanted to stay quietly by

a quiet place to read or daydream. But I had

but to do this in order to avoid

front door,

Lilac on his arm.

Lilac.” This was really not my year. I couldn’t believe that I had met them again! I greeted

planning to

you’re pretty punctual. Let’s go. I called a

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“You guys are

just going to let you gallivant off by yourself?” Felix looked sideways

chill of

this hike? Couldn’t they just

myself?

I was the one who had organized this, and if I were to cancel now,

kill me.

others present, I really wanted to slap myself in the

of them, but

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