Chapter 411

I grabbed Christine’s arm and made a beeline for the exit. He already had a girlfriend; there wasn’t much need for an explanation.

It wasn’t until we had completely vanished around the corner that Gregory finally averted his gaze, looking at Edith with an indifferent expression.

“What’s your angle?”

“My angle?”

Edith gestured towards her phone with her lips, “Just trying to snag your ‘casual friend’s‘ contact for you. How do you plan on thanking me?”

Gregory replied coolly, “No need.”

Edith smirked, “Then why did you stop her? All this playing hard to get, who taught you that? It’s so outdated,” Edith said with disdain.

Gregory was unfazed, “Edith, has anyone ever told you that you look pretty decent when you’re not talking?”

She wasn’t pleased with that, “Like a dog could ever speak of ivory. No wonder you’ve been single for two decades.”

“Get lost.”

Gregory licked his back teeth, swearing with a smile.

[I accepted your friend request]

Suddenly, a new message popped up on his phone. He glanced down and waited, but no further messages came.

That was her style.

Always leaving without a word, cutting ties without a second thought, without

any remorse.

the nostalgia of their shared past that thickened over time. No matter

he didn’t want to let her off that easily

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Chapter 411

never learns her

backdrop of dusk, leaning on a balcony railing, lost in thought as she gazed towards

in the twilight’s afterglow, there was an indescribable loneliness

her.

some reason, it tugged at

tapped to view her

of seeing her flaunting a new relationship, of her being too happy. But what scared him even more was the thought that she might still be

hadn’t posted anything on

phone away, “Stop obsessing, you’ve

back, annoyed, “My eyesight has only just recovered, and you’re worried I’m ruining it with

your girlfriend. You

Gregory almost laughed in frustration. “In

to him, yet he was expected to clear

air?

He wasn’t that desperate.

Just ‘casual friends.‘

Right, ‘casual friends.‘

summer storm hit, pelting the windows with raindrops

in one hand and a bottle

other.

“You okay?”

me

nodded, passing her the

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