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

and I

past affection and pursuit of him were

unaware of all this was quite

stemmed from guilt. It

to make amends for his

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

and I never had a romantic relationship, and everything

during our high school

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

and Felix genuinely

with disbelief as if attempting to verify the

everything I said seemed

to maintain a calm composure while meeting

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

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not to cry, but

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

few moments when tears threatened to fall, but I

front of Colin

and sadness buried deep inside me felt

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