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.

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

that was the reason

very athletic, and in the past, I loved things like hiking and

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

wanted to stay

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

do this in order to

opened the front door, Felix was

Lilac on his arm.

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

not planning to

go. I

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“You

you gallivant off by yourself?” Felix looked sideways at me, and there

chill

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

myself?

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

kill me.

been others present, I really wanted to slap myself in

them, but now, they were right under my nose! I was just punishing

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