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Chapter Forty-Three: Are We Standing On The Same Ground?

Author: Alex Dane Lee
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

THREE HOURS LATER.

Emilia is drumming her fingers unto the table, while getting a bit impatient. She keeps on looking at the coffee shop's entrance door, hoping to see Brent. She's been waiting for him for almost one-and-a-half hour.

"Well, it's better late than never..." she encouraged herself.

Emilia sent a text message to Brent, asking him to meet up and have a talk at the coffee shop after their classes. But it seems like Brent is ignoring her.

She decided to roam her eyes around, and she saw few couples being lovey-dovey while enjoying their own cups of coffee...

She wistfully sighed. They all look so happy and in love.

"Stop looking at them! And stop eating your heart out!" she angrily said to herself, while shaking her head, as if she's shaking all of those thoughts.

Come to think of it, she shouldn't be feeling this way because she and Brent aren't officially a couple. They are hanging out together and having constant communication over the phone, but she can't call him as his
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