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

and I never even

pursuit of him were

Felix’s brother, was completely unaware of all this was quite a shock to

had initially believed that Colin’s kindness toward me stemmed from guilt. It was as if he considered

trying to make amends for his brother’s

appeared that Colin’s kindness wasn’t because of

the truth. Felix and I never

our

had been with Felix since their senior

College, and Felix genuinely cares

his fork, gazing at me with disbelief as

seemed absurd and

composure while meeting Colin’s stare. However, as memories

felt a deep sense of sorrow,

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not to cry,

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

endured a great deal of pain and sorrow over the past two years. There were a few moments when tears threatened to fall, but I had always managed to hold them back. I never allowed myself to

in front of Colin at that

out all the grievances and sadness

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