Chapter 312

That night,

Lysander got a phone call. Without a word of explanation or even returning to his room, he just left.

It was Leonard who ended up driving Mila back to campus.

For days after that, Lysander never sought her out. She didn't bump into him at school; even Leonard seemed to have vanished from the hallways.

It was as if they had both disappeared without a trace.

At the time, Mila mostly felt relieved. Honestly, she was grateful Lysander had something else to occupy him-dealing with him always took so much energy and willpower.

The less he came looking for her, the better.

Their contractual relationship was quietly running out of time, each day ticking it closer to the end.

She buried herself in her project work, letting the days blur past.

A week before the contract was set to expire, Mila's project group-led by Forrest finally made some progress. To celebrate, everyone went out for dinner together. The restaurant was packed, full of laughter and chatter. As they walked down the corridor toward their private dining room, they ran into a boisterous group of guys-Lysander's usual basketball buddies-arguing loudly about something.

"Why hasn't Lysander shown up to play ball? It's like he disappeared."

He's never coming back,

"What do you mean?"

Giselle left for the States to study abroad-over

"Giselle?"

gorgeous senior who came to one of our dinners with Lysander? The one from Ivy League Institute across

"Yeah, that's her."

her name

well-connected. No wonder Lysander never dated anyone all these years.

than just holding

who kept calling her 'Sis Giselle' clearly knew more

been engaged since they were kids-childhood sweethearts, grew up together. Going to study abroad together is basically a honeymoon.

a barrage of questions erupted as the group pushed into their

frozen by the entrance to another dining room down the

she just

gone abroad

engaged—to a girl

Giselle who'd called that

blow to the chest. Her mind buzzed, her

started a relationship with her-even a fake one-while already engaged? Why

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