"Zara, I'm leading a team in a competition and we're on the way to Denville. I heard that it's quite pretty there. How about a spontaneous trip?"

She seemed to be waiting for my message as she replied instantly, "I have a colleague who's from Denville. She said there's a place where the air is especially fresh during this season. Unfortunately, I can't take any leave now."

"Let me go and take a look to see if it's as good as your colleague said. If it's good, then we can invite Jade along and have a great six-person holiday."

"Six people?"

"Yes. You, me, Jade, and our partners. Isn't that six people? I'm bad at math, but I'm pretty good with addition and subtraction within the first ten numbers. Hmm, how about during the winter vacation?"

It became silent for the next five minutes.

The screen kept showing that Zara was typing, but there was no reply.

My heart started sinking.

It was as if I could see her sad face.

right. Zara probably knew about Chris' affair. At least, she

bonding time doesn't have to involve

true. By the way, Zara, did Chris

didn't say

nothing else to say, so I deliberately

out and enjoy the local sights. If Denville is too far for you, we can just forget about it. But Jinovy is only a few hours by car.

was another long silence on the other end until my phone got locked. I unlocked it, only to wait until the screen got locked again without any replies. I repeated this several times until I finally

with just a few words, but it made my heart break and my eyes

up with Chris.

her biting her lip while pretending to be strong

scene, I couldn't really bring myself to agree

to still defend him after being hurt by him. She was truly a hopeless romantic and hadn't met

"When did it happen?"

"Four days ago."

"Four days ago?"

Wasn't that when...

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