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

its

precisely, Felix and I never

and pursuit of

that Colin, Felix’s brother, was completely unaware of all this was quite a shock to

Colin’s kindness toward me stemmed from

was trying to make

that Colin’s kindness wasn’t because of Felix, and it made me quite

Felix and I never had a

during our high school

she had been with Felix since their

College, and Felix

disbelief as if attempting to verify the

everything I said seemed absurd

a calm composure while meeting Colin’s stare. However, as memories

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

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tried hard not to cry, but I couldn’t

away. I took the tissue from him, buried my

a few moments when tears threatened to fall, but I had always managed to hold

did in front of Colin

sadness buried deep inside

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