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

past affection and pursuit of him were all

the fact that Colin, Felix’s brother, was completely unaware of all

initially believed that Colin’s kindness toward me stemmed from guilt. It

and was trying to make amends for his

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

truth. Felix and I never had

during our

with Felix since their senior year. They are both

Felix genuinely cares for

gazing at me with disbelief as if

I said seemed absurd and impossible to

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

felt a deep sense of sorrow, and my tears

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tried hard not to cry, but I couldn’t

tissue to wipe them away. I took the tissue from him, buried my face in

few moments when tears threatened to fall, but I had always managed to hold them back. I never allowed myself

front of Colin at that

out all the grievances and sadness buried deep

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