Chapter 56

“She’s your brother’s girlfriend and will be part of your family in the future. Don’t tell me you don’t know,” I

said with a dismissive snort, not believing him for a second.

Colin picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth and set it down, his eyes shimmering with an unreadable

light. “Don’t joke about this. You and Felix have been betrothed since childhood. He could never have

another girlfriend in his life. Lilac Hawthorn, what a tacky name.”

I looked at Colin’s innocent face, suddenly at a loss for words.

He never bothered with lies. He genuinely didn’t know about Felix and Lilac’s relationship.

The idea that Felix and I were bound to be together for life had been deeply embedded in the minds of

everyone who knew us.

It was like that time during our senior year in high school when I stood at the front of the classroom.

explaining that Felix and I were merely neighbors. However, no one would believe our journey had

reached its end.

Felix and I never even

and pursuit of

was completely unaware of all this was quite a shock to

believed that Colin’s kindness toward me stemmed from guilt. It was as if he considered

was trying to make amends for his

of Felix, and it made me quite

the truth. Felix and I never had a

our

classmate, and she had been with Felix since their senior year. They are both studying

College, and Felix genuinely

his fork, gazing at me with disbelief as

seemed absurd and impossible to

composure while meeting Colin’s stare.

I suddenly felt a deep sense of sorrow, and my tears started

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swore I tried hard not to cry, but I couldn’t hold

took the tissue from him,

deal of pain and sorrow over the past two years. There were a few moments when tears threatened to

I did in front of Colin

grievances and sadness buried deep inside me

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