Her words annoyed me.When did Lilac see me and Felix getting closer? He was only rotten trash. I never wanted to accept him.She picked up trash and treated him like a treasure. She even appeared proud to be with him.The word abandoned was rather offensive. It was more proper to use it on her.Felix and I had never started a relationship. I had my beloved Colin by my side. Nobody ever abandoned me.I came to a halt, turned around, and gazed at her with disdain. I sneered as I tried to piss her off. "There is indeed an abandoned woman. You know exactly who she is. Do you think being abandoned once isn't enough, and you wish to be abandoned a second time?"Oh, no, it should be a third time or many times. I admire you. After all, you're born shameless."Lilac flushed swiftly, her eyes revealing her wrath. She then rushed toward me angrily as if she wanted to tear me apart. The hatred in her eyes was strong.How did I get into such a mess with this insane woman? Why did I have to
Winston was standing a few steps in front of me when he said that.He had a perfect appearance and a bright smile. He appeared to have accomplished something.His gaze was like an eagle's when it saw its prey, with a glimmer of determination.I couldn't help but wonder whether I did something wrong or said something ambiguous that caused him to misunderstand me. Why did he look at me that way?When I reached the gate, I noticed the delivery man on a motorcycle was about to call me. After signing, I brought the takeout upstairs.Queenie came out of the room when she heard me open the door. After she helped me place the food, I realized the house was quiet. It turned out Andrew hadn't come over.During this period, I felt as if he were living in my house, and his presence was particularly loud. It was as if something was missing when he was absent, which made me uncomfortable.Habit was quite scary."Where's Andrew?" I asked casually.Queenie paused. "I don't know.""How dare h
Colin returned late at night. I awoke as his heated body pressed against mine. However, I was so sleepy and tired that I couldn't talk much with him. I only wanted to sleep.He bit my earlobe and kissed me for a while before hugging me tightly and falling asleep.When I woke up the next morning, I was alone. I touched the sheet and found it cold. Colin had been gone for a while, and his scent was no longer in the air.To be honest, I felt a little lost.It was 7:00 am when I finished washing up. As I had no classes in the morning, I intended to practice my cooking skills.I put on my slippers and headed to the kitchen. Then, I saw Queenie serving breakfast. There were two plates of spaghetti, ravioli, and bread rolls on the table."Did you make them?" I took a ravioli and chewed it. Its delicious taste caused me to exclaim with satisfaction."My cooking skills aren't good enough to make all of them.""I think so. Colin must have made such excellent ravioli.""Since you've know
The supermarket had ten floors. They sold stationery, food, and underwear on the first through fourth floors. I had never been to the upper floors. There should be a brilliant display of goodies.The stationery here was diverse, of high quality, and affordable prices. Lecturers and students from the Department of Fine Arts enjoyed coming here to purchase materials.I found a commonly used brand and selected the color and amount based on the remaining paints in Crystal House. Then, I went to the checkout counter with a large bag of things.The supermarket had a spiral staircase. The center of the huge venue was empty and equipped with a sightseeing elevator from top to bottom. There was a dazzling array of promotional ideas for various brands.There weren't many people checking out. The girl who served me had a lovely smile. When she grinned, she looked even sweeter.I looked at her name tag and found her name to be Margaret. That nice name suited the girl perfectly. After picking
The cold dialing tone of the phone rang until it turned into a busy tone and hung up automatically, with no one answering.I was walking absentmindedly while holding the paint, my hand firmly holding my phone. I was waiting for Colin to call me back.According to his habit, he would definitely call back within five minutes after missing my call, even when he was busy.But today, after ten whole minutes passed, my phone was still quiet. In the chat box pinned at the top of WhatsApp, the last message from him was from yesterday afternoon. He had asked me if I wanted to eat some fruit.Suddenly, I had an unprecedented sense of unease.Even when I entered Crystal House, I was still thinking about that tall figure, wondering if he was Colin. If he was, where was he now, and why hadn't he returned my call!With something on my mind, I couldn't focus even after sitting in front of my canvas for a while. Not wanting to ruin the painting, I put down the brush and decided to go to Colin's
I felt like burying my head in the ground.What was she saying? Wasn't that too blunt of a question? It made me blush hard.Fortunately, others hadn't arrived yet, or it would've been so embarrassing."Oh!" Ivy teasingly said with a playful smile, "I see. Luna, were you going to see Mr. White? Well, that's understandable. I'd keep an eye on a handsome guy like him too, or he might get snatched away by someone else."Luna, don't you know? Mr. White is quite famous in our school. Many young women are secretly admiring him. By the way, weren't you going to check on him? Hurry up! "But then, you don't really check on him often enough. If it were me, I'd keep a close watch by checking on him every hour."Ivy's words were straightforward, making me unable to keep up my facade. Was I that obvious? It was a bit embarrassing.Check on him every hour? If I did that, I wouldn't have time for anything else! I would only be running back and forth on campus every day. After all, it took arou
Why did I become so cowardly when I really encountered something?I rubbed my cheeks, trying to make myself look less stiff. "Colin, where did you go just now? Why are you sweating?"He casually wiped his forehead with his finger. "I went to look at some houses and suddenly felt thirsty. So, I went to the supermarket to buy a bottle of water."Then, I happened to run into Jasmine and wanted to ask her about her rehabilitation progress. So we wandered there for a while. It was quite cool inside the supermarket. How did you notice I was sweating?"So, that was what happened.I knew it.The dark cloud shrouding my heart dispersed just like that.…While having pasta with Ivy at night, I scrolled through social media and found a post from one person at the bottom of my friends list. It said: "If it's you, I don't mind waiting a few more years."The photo showed a corner of the supermarket, with a tall man standing in front of the yogurt aisle. He was holding a red box and carefull
Queenie's body hadn't fully recovered before she went back to work again. She returned to work almost immediately after hearing from her manager that there was a new job assigned to her. It seemed quite important, and it had quite a heavy workload.She was the type of person who did everything to the best of her ability, so it made her work long hours every day. She was really tired by the end of the day and would go to bed right after eight in the evening.I felt bored sitting alone, so I picked up my phone and started watching some short videos. It was then that Julia posted a bombshell in our group chat."Hey, my darlings. I'm getting married on October 4th. Please come to the wedding and be my bridesmaids. I've prepared beautiful dresses for you girls."The sudden good news was so uplifting.I immediately perked up and told her that Queenie had gone to bed before switching to private chat.Julia was a typical northern young woman of about the same height as me. She had that s