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 end.

and

affection and pursuit of

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

believed that Colin’s kindness toward me stemmed

and was trying to make amends for his

wasn’t because of Felix, and

Felix and I never had a romantic relationship, and

during our

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

Felix genuinely

gazing at me with disbelief as if attempting

everything I said seemed absurd and

managed to maintain a calm composure while

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

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to cry, but I couldn’t

quickly picked up a tissue to wipe them away. I took the tissue from him, buried

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

in front of Colin

and sadness buried deep inside me

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