Chapter 271

Melinda saw Colin and me move with great difficulty and noticed his inebriation. Her mouth was wide open in disbelief.

“Harper, what is this?” Melinda looked past me and asked my Mom behind

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Mom pressed her lips into a hard line and thought that she shouldn’t be the one to tell her the news. Instead, she tossed the responsibility back to me. Ask them. You know, young people nowadays.”

“What? What happened? Okay. Uhm, honey? Honey? Come and help me, please. Colin is drunk. Geez, how many drinks did he have?”

Austin appeared in my view half–asleep. He, too, was taken aback when he looked at us. Shortly after, at Melinda’s behest, he approached me to take

the drunk Colin off me.

But Colin refused to let go. He mumbled that he didn’t want to leave me, and his left hand maintained a tight grip on my shoulder as if it was fused to my

body.

It was dark outside, and we couldn’t stay by the entrance for too long.

I had no other choice but to enter Colin’s home.

three of us toiled to usher Colin back to his bedroom and tucked

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thought I could go home, Colin stuck his hand out and grabbed mine like a homing missile. No

swore even superglue wasn’t

I were rendered

here so that I could sit down and

would let go when he

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moved the couch so that I could be seated. Then, they closed

and I didn’t have my phone with me. All I could do was sit on the couch and

Colin, highlighting his perfect brows, nose bridge, and

tantalized by his earnest

next to Colin while he dreamed about me. I loved

I’d add another flower next to his name in my

I thought it was Melinda. Before I could tell

Felix was standing by the door. I had never seen him after we

before. His eyes were sunken as he leaned against the wall.

I couldn’t discern the emotion

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there to say anyway? Then, my eyes

if I said I could hang

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