“Wow, surely you can’t finish all of it yourself, right, Miss Lynch? Do you need our help?” A few colleagues came over while chuckling. “We didn’t have much for breakfast either.”After the bags were opened, Freya did not know what to say.There was really a lot. There were spiced baked eggs, croissants, sourdough toast, sandwiches, granola, fruit salad, and pancakes.“Wow, Miss Lynch. Your boyfriend is so good to you.” A female colleague beside her was certain that Ryan was Freya’s boyfriend. Although Freya had tried explaining it to her many times, she did not believe her.“Yes, he’s so nice. It’s not easy to buy food from Rye Cafe. Their spiced baked eggs are to die for.”“Miss Lynch, you’re so blessed.”“...”Although Ryan was not Freya’s girlfriend, she was still proud after being flattered and envied.Nevertheless, she indeed had an appetite now after looking at the food. She sent a message to Ryan while having a spiced baked egg: [You bought so much. Are you feeding a pi
Bang.Freya almost lost her grip on the cup she was holding. She quickly stood up. “Jessica…”Forrest’s expression froze.Jessica’s dark eyes were in a daze.Ryan grinned as he said, “I had some things to discuss with Jessica here in the evening, so I came with her. We all know each other anyway.”“Jessica, have a seat.”Freya pulled a chair out for Jessica in a hurry.However, Ryan pulled Jessica away and sat on that chair himself. He said, “Sis, you can sit on the other side. This is the spot where the dishes will be served.”Freya knocked herself on the head. How could she have overlooked that?“Stop hitting yourself. You’ll become stupid if you keep doing that,” Ryan teased while smiling.“You’re the stupid one.” Freya glared at him.Therefore, the seating around the round table changed. Freya and Jessica sat between Ryan and Forrest.It seemed like only Ryan and Freya were talking at the table. Freya realized something belatedly too. Jessica used to be her brother’s gi
9:00 p.m.Freya looked at Ryan and Forrest, who were utterly drunk at the table. Then, she glanced at Jessica, who had drunk a few glasses of wine. She was totally speechless. “Jessica…”“Uh… I want to go to the bathroom.” Ryan staggered as he stood up all of a sudden. He grabbed Freya too. “You… You’re coming with me.”“I’m going with you…”Before Freya could finish her sentence, she was forcefully yanked out by Ryan.“You’re the only one who didn’t drink. I’ll only feel reassured if you’re the one coming with me,” Ryan said as he pulled her outside.When the private room door was closed and both of them had walked a distance, only then did Ryan’s swaying body stand straight. His tipsy eyes became clear again.“You were… pretending to be drunk.” Freya was dumbfounded. “Why are you doing this? I’m going back…”“How stupid are you?” Ryan yanked her back. He laughed and said, “Can’t you see that I’m trying to make them spend some time alone on purpose?”Freya was shocked. No won
“You… You actually booked a room upstairs for my brother? When did you do that?” Freya stuttered. She did not dare to imagine it. Jessica had drunk wine too. She would be sending Forrest upstairs. A young man and a young woman who were ex-lovers would be alone together. Things could easily happen between them.“When I went to the bathroom before.”Ryan rubbed his stomach and said with a sick expression, “For the sake of Forrest and Jessica’s happiness, that was my first time pouring wine for other people at the table. How are you going to thank me?”Freya rolled her eyes at him. “Did I beg you to do it? I was tricked as well, okay? Besides, Jessica is your sister, not mine. I haven’t even blamed you for setting my brother up.”“Haha, your brother might even be thanking me in his heart.” Ryan grinned. “Didn’t you feel it? Your brother’s aura changed when I brought Jessica over tonight. If he didn’t care at all, he would’ve just shaken hands nonchalantly and said ‘It’s been a long ti
“If I suggest kissing her after just getting to know her, won’t she take me as an indecent man? Besides, kissing her will mean that I treat her as my girlfriend. I don’t want that for now.”Ryan shook his head decisively.His words were logical, but Freya was dissatisfied after hearing him. “Ha, you’re saying that you’re not indecent if you kiss me and you don’t have to take responsibility either, right?”“I just want to see if I’ll feel repulsed when kissing women. Can’t I do that?” Ryan looked as if he was wronged. Under the dim lights, every inch of his face exuded hurt. “You promised me.”“...”Freya had not promised him at all. Of course, she did not reject him either.Every cell in Freya was annoyed and flustered.“Hey, look there. Who’s that?” Ryan suddenly pointed to her left and said in surprise.Freya thought Forrest had come down. She immediately looked over nervously. However, she did not see anything at all.“There’s no one…” A dark silhouette came close to her fr
“Yes, I liked it a lot when I kissed you,” Ryan interrupted her.Freya’s heart skipped a beat. She could not meet his gaze anymore. “Is that so? But I think you’ll like kissing other women a lot too.”“I don’t know about that.”The corners of Ryan’s mouth were curved. “Freya, if only I was the one who got to know you first.”“...”Freya held her breath.Did he mean what she was thinking? Was she just overthinking?“You… Stop talking nonsense. It’s late. Let’s go back.”She started the car and drove while feeling overwhelmed.Things were getting increasingly out of hand tonight.“Freya, when I kissed you just now, I thought it felt familiar like I’ve kissed you before,” Ryan suddenly said, “Did we kiss each other before in our past lives?”Freya’s head buzzed. She did not know how to answer that question. She spoke again when the car had driven a considerable distance, “Is that so? I think you must be really drunk.”“Maybe. I drank quite a lot tonight.” Ryan’s voice softened
Forrest and Jessica stayed in a small condominium in the US back then.When he was young and wild, he often fooled around with his friends. He would even drink until he got drunk and only got home at midnight. Back then, no matter how drunk he was, Jessica would always be there to help him up.It felt like he had a home in a foreign country with her presence.However, it was all too realistic that Forrest was left in unbearable pain for all those years.He really hated this woman.When they reached the suite’s door, Forest suddenly pushed Jessica against the wall. He kissed her like a madman.The back of Jessica’s head hit the wall. It was so painful that she almost fainted. Before she could recover from it, she felt an intense pain on her lips. Blood flowed in their mouths.She was in pain, but she felt like she was alive again.She had been constantly scheming and calculating everything all these years, yet she was not satisfied. Instead, she was like an old person who was ab
“Strained?”Forrest laughed. “Am I the one who wants it to be this way? Jessica, you should know it better than anyone else. You’re too cruel. After returning to Australia back then, what did you promise me? You said you’d let me propose our marriage to your parents after some time. However, I waited and waited. In the end, you broke up with me before you got married to another man. “Never mind that, why did you switch my sister’s medicine? After she got pregnant, you even threatened her with the Lynch family’s matters. You did not allow her to get an abortion and had her marry your useless brother. How had all of you Snow family members hurt and betrayed Freya? She has always been doted on in our family since young. The Snow family destroyed everything.“If you have even a sliver of conscience, or if you even have a trace of guilt toward me, you wouldn’t have hurt my sister like that. What’s done is done and can’t be reversed, do you know that?”Jessica clenched her hands that we