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

Felix and I never even

past affection and pursuit of him

unaware of all this was

stemmed from guilt.

make amends for his brother’s

because of Felix, and it

I never had a romantic

during our high school

had been with Felix since their

and Felix genuinely cares for

fork, gazing at me with disbelief as if attempting to verify the validity of

everything I said seemed absurd and impossible

maintain a calm composure while

a deep sense of sorrow,

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to cry, but I

away. I took the tissue from him, buried my face in it, and cried silently, letting out all the

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

front of Colin at that

and sadness buried

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