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 even

pursuit

Colin, Felix’s brother, was completely unaware of all this was quite

kindness toward me stemmed

to make amends for

wasn’t because of

and I never had a romantic relationship, and

during our high school

was our classmate, and she had been with Felix since their senior year.

Felix genuinely cares

at me with disbelief as if attempting

everything I said seemed absurd and impossible to

managed to maintain a calm composure while meeting Colin’s

mind, I suddenly felt a deep sense of

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

my tears and quickly picked up a tissue to wipe them away. I took the tissue from him, buried my face in it, and cried silently, letting out all the frustration and sadness in my

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

as I did in front of Colin at that

the grievances and sadness buried deep

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