Everyone cheered again. All of them were saying that Colin wanted to read the love letter alone because he wanted to take his time to appreciate it. He didn't want them to know what was written inside.Colin didn't refute. Happily, he looked at me. The stars in his eyes shone. His smile was extremely beautiful.While everyone was happy, someone ruined the mood.Queenie sighed. She shook her head and said, "I advise you to look at it now. If you look at it later, you may be upset.""What do you mean? Is it…" Hector walked over to Queenie. The latter exchanged glances with him.Queenie shrugged her shoulders and glanced at me.Standing next to Colin, I suddenly remembered Queenie's words that night. I realized that his birthday might not be a good time to give him the love letter. I felt regretful.Unfortunately, it was too late. Colin noticed my uneasiness or seemed to have thought of something. He let go of my hand and pulled out the love letter. He opened it and read it.All o
Zoey was worse. She didn't look at me at all. She kept talking to Aaron about me. Her disdainful gaze angered me.At critical moments, my best friends were useless.I felt sad. It felt as if everyone was targeting me. What did I do wrong? Could someone give me a hint?Even if a criminal received a death sentence, he would know which law he broke. It didn't make sense that I offended everyone just by passing a love letter. What did I do wrong?Confused, I returned to my seat. Staring at the table full of food, I didn't have any appetite.Colin remained silent with a straight face. He continued to drink alcohol and did not stop.Everyone pretended to be busy eating. The atmosphere at the table became heavy and uncanny.Bravely, Eden brought up topics to lighten the atmosphere. However, he was stunned by Colin's gaze. In the end, he pretended to be mute and focused on eating.During the meal, Colin didn't even spare me a glance.I knew Colin was angry at me. It was the first time
I couldn't do anything about other people ignoring me, but I was sure Colin couldn't continue to ignore me.The texts were sent one after another."Colin, were you happy today?"Colin, do you think my gift was too cheap? Is that why you don't like it? I'll buy an expensive one for you tomorrow. What do you want?"Colin, that restaurant's food is delicious. I want to eat there on my birthday, too."Colin, why are you angry? Can't you tell me the reason? I'm too stupid. I can't think of it."Colin, why didn't you want to go karaoke? I practiced songs for you."…I sent more than ten messages, but I didn't receive a single reply.Since he didn't want to reply to my messages, I could only call him.When I called him, I realized his phone was turned off.It seemed that Colin was extremely angry this time. But I didn't do anything I shouldn't do.I thought about it until 11:00 pm, but I still didn't know how I angered him. Maybe he was on his period, so his mood wasn't stable. I
At that moment, I panicked. Pulling out my phone, I called several people. I called everyone close to Colin whose numbers I knew, but no one picked up my call.Not wanting to give up, I called Aaron and Eden repeatedly. But none of them picked up.Were they pretending to be missing?Did something happen to Collin?At once, I ran to the studio in the research institute, passing through corridors and gardens.When I arrived, I realized the door to the studio was closed. No matter how many times I knocked, no one responded.I couldn't find Colin anywhere.My world was crushed.Defeatedly, I returned to the dormitory. Without eating anything, I went to sleep.There were no classes in the afternoon, so I slept until 5:00 pm. When I woke up, my stomach was rumbling.Colin said that he wanted me to gain weight and that I shouldn't skip any meals.I admitted that I was doing it on purpose. I wanted to starve myself. Since Colin wanted me to gain weight, he would do something if he k
"Right? I feel pity watching her pretending to be strong.""Why don't we help her? I feel bad seeing her in this state.""There are some things she should figure out herself. Besides…"I accidentally stepped on something. The sound alerted Queenie and Zoey. With foam on their faces, they were stunned."I came back to take my phone. I'll be leaving now. Queenie, Zoey, I'm fine. You guys don't need to worry," I said calmly with a smile.Actually, I wasn't really upset that Colin no longer cared about me. I just felt empty.It was fine, though.It was just a reenactment of the past. If I could persevere through the first time, I could do the same again.Besides, Colin and I did not promise each other anything.I thought that he must have found out Lilac was his family after calling his parents. As an outsider, he had already done a lot by taking care of me for such a long time. I shouldn't be greedy.I didn't blame Colin, as it was my fate.There were four cafeterias for studen
I was sure Colin was ignoring me for a reason.In the past, he'd treated me so well. I shouldn't make things difficult for him.Thus, I didn't call him again. Instead, I tried getting used to taking care of myself. I was scared that someone would say I was shameless once more.I was using my way to maintain my pitiful dignity.Actually, I thought about it before. No matter how great Colin treated me, he was still Felix's brother. He wouldn't have a fallout or draw a clear line with me for me and Felix.In the past, when I was friends with Felix, I'd lost to love.At this time, when I was friends with Colin, I lost to family.Thinking about it, I was quite pitiful.It was fine during the day. Many people came and went by. My attention could be diverted.On the other hand, it was tough during the night. I had a lot of free time after dinner. I didn't want my emotions to affect my roommates, so I sat somewhere in the corner of the campus. Usually, I would sit there for a few hour
Maybe I was afraid of hearing the answer. What if it wasn't what I wanted? I would be heartbroken for a long time.I had gotten used to Colin's company. If he suddenly left, I would definitely be sad and heartbroken.On the sixth day, in the morning, everyone had woken up except me. It was only then that Queenie realized something was wrong with me.I was conscious. I could hear the surrounding noises, but I couldn't open my eyes. My head was pounding, and every bone in my body hurt.I heard Queenie and Zoey discussing something in a low voice."She's burning up. Will she become an idiot?""She always sat in the wind. How could she not have caught a cold? Will she become an idiot? She already is one.""Let's not waste any more time. Hurry up and bring her to the infirmary. We can't leave her be.""We can't carry her. Why is she so tall? Call someone for help."My headache became more severe. My consciousness was also becoming blurry. Before I fell into darkness, I heard someon
"Alright. Be good now. There are no buts. You've already angered me without realizing it. I have yet to get even with you."You were out of my care for only a few days. How did you get so much slimmer? It took a lot of effort for me to fatten you up a little."You went and reversed all my work. Are you trying to be a skeleton?"I don't want to be a skeleton.Turning my head around arrogantly, I pretended that I didn't care if he was there. He had no right to say that to me."On that note, why aren't you eating?" Colin reached out to flick my forehead. However, I managed to twist my head and avoid it."I've already eaten. I do eat every day. Colin, you don't have to humor me here. You can go and accompany Jasmine." I sniffed, feeling slightly angry."I'm alright on my own."I did eat every day. But I was still becoming slimmer each day. I felt like it was such a waste of food since it did not help."How can you tell me you've eaten when you're all skin and bones? "That's enou