I nodded and pointed towards the hugging couple. I teased, “You’ve never told me about your past relationships.”

I paused as Rebecca abruptly came to mind. He did say that he had never loved Rebecca.

As we made our way through the crowds, he stuck closer to me and replied, “I didn’t date when I was younger.”

Shocked by his reply, I stared at him in disbelief. “No! You’re pulling my leg, right?”

“Back then, I was swamped with classes and essays every day. Grandpa also arranged for me to take extra law classes, so I basically didn’t have time for anything else.”

His explanation seems pretty reasonable. Pouting, I continued to prod him for an answer. “Didn’t you have any crushes then?”

His eyes bored into mine as he replied, “I had a crush on you the moment I saw you at J University.”

Stunned, I began to blush furiously.

We continued walking at a leisurely pace. Suddenly he asked, “Don’t you have questions for me?”

“What questions?” Confused, I stared back at him.

“A few days ago, Flora told me that there was a lipstick mark on my shirt. Why aren’t you asking me about it?”

by surprise, though I quickly recovered myself and said, “There’s

thought, though I didn’t have the mental energy to try and guess what was on his mind. I just wanted to enjoy my walk

didn’t

there, staring at me. “You go first. I’ll go in after

argue with him but merely smiled at him. I felt a

ran towards him, giving him a tight hug. I said

my behavior. “What’s wrong?

my arms wrapped firmly around him.

don’t you stay here with me then? We can

my arms. I straightened out his tie with a small smile on my face. “It’s fine, I’m

is a luxury I can no longer afford. This is goodbye,

thought of taking a plane, but eventually

journey’s going to be tedious, but I’ll

took out my phone, knowing

texts are handy now when I can’t bring myself to utter these

that I’m leaving without saying goodbye. I thought I’d recovered after returning from R Province. I thought I could stay by your side and have a happy life with you. But I should’ve known the world would be much more complicated

never become pregnant again. That stillborn baby cost me my dreams of bearing my

to give my baby such a painful fate? Maybe he was too eager to be my child and forgot to bring along some things with him in his rush. He fought so hard to meet me, yet I couldn’t save him

come to realize that the only thing we gain in return is suffering. I don’t

speed. Pristine views of the countryside flew past

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