Chapter 11

Linda: "To be honest, I accidentally video-chatted with this guy from Estaland on social media. He was incredibly hot, and he had a castle!"

"It took a lot of soul-searching before I decided to chase love across the ocean!"

I listened, my face full of longing.

"So why did you come back?"

"Who knew? The guy looked like a total mess in person," Linda said, heartbroken.

I commented, "But having a castle isn't bad, right?"

Linda hesitated, then said shamefacedly, "He was just a janitor at the castle!"

I couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

Everyone in the club stared at me.

Linda snapped, annoyed, "Stop laughing!"

Seeing her getting angry, I quickly revisited all my sad memories to stop myself from laughing.

I consoled her, "It's okay, at least Brad's still waiting for you!"

Linda stared at me, her face a mix of emotions. "Lindsey, are you really this clueless or are you pretending?"

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"Brad's been in love with you for ages!"

"No... that can't be right? I'm just your