My mother was a broad-minded and decisive person who took a direct approach to life.
Meanwhile, Duncan had been sitting at the other table and was clearly quite drunk. Heughed out
loud before he said in his booming voice, “That’s right. Our kids have all grown up now. You are …
Harper, right? When your daughter and Melinda’s son get married, don’t forget to invite us to the
wedding as well!”
“Of course! You’re Felix’s uncle! You would certainly be invited!” Mom replied cheerfully.
Just like that, the conversation quickly switched from what college we were attending to the ways
everyone would be chipping in for our wedding. If I didn’t know better, I’d have assumed I was getting
married tomorrow!
Everyone was now engaged in an enthusiastic discussion about the wedding. Even one of Felix’s
young rtives, a mere child, was excitedly dering that he wanted to be the flower boy.
I lost interest in this conversation quite quickly.
I had heard it countless times before, so there was no use wasting my breath trying to stop them from
talking about it. Thus, I just focused on eating while everyone else talked.
Though I liked Felix, marriage felt like something too far in the future for me to consider. It was much
too early to even discuss it. Besides, shouldn’t we be the ones in charge of our wedding ns? I
couldn’t possibly let them do whatever they wanted for my big event. The final say belonged to me.
I was serious about my intention to marry Felix. Our wedding had to be something that the both of us
nned together.
However, that was just my own opinion, and Felix had a mind of his own.
I was still young back then. It never crossed my mind that a rtionship involved two people. By the
time I understood that, it was already toote.
My young, naive heart had been ripped into shreds by how Felix had acted that fateful night. I never
expected him to do what he did. He used harsh, hurtful words to force me to give up on my love for
him.
Our mothers were still discussing our marriage when he suddenly shot to his feet. He must’ve been
very worked up since he stood up so aggressively that his chair skidded noisily behind him before
crashing onto the ground.
I had been focused on eating my food. Themotion practically made me jump out of my seat. I
stared at him in confusion with my mouth still full.
I had never seen Felix like this.
Fury was written all over his face, and hisnky figure was trembling slightly. However, what scared me
the most was the anger in his eyes and the frustration on his face.
He red at me and spat, “This is all your fault. You’re constantly following me around, but I can’t say
or do anything about it! Stay away from me! Stop following me around!”
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I hadn’t expected him to say something like that. I stared at him dumbfounded. My jaw also dropped in
disbelief, and the half-eaten shrimp fell onto the floor.
In that instant, the room turned dead silent. I could feel the blood rush to my head, making my face
flush and my ears ring.
His words were no different from using me of being a shameless simp, and he had done it right in
front of everyone.
Tears welled up in my eyes, and it felt as if my breath had caught in my throat, making it hard for me to
breathe.
What did I do? Why did Felix have to humiliate me in front of everyone? All I did was like him. I only
wanted to be with him. Was that a crime? Or … did the thought of me liking him disgust him so much
that he started to hate me?
It was fine if he didn’t like me or didn’t care about me, but he should’ve told me that at an appropriate
time!
He shouldn’t have allowed me to get caught up in my presumptuous thoughts and feelings about our
rtionship, only to use me of shamelessly clinging to him.
I was not shameless. I just liked him.
Was this his way of making me give up? If it was, then he was a heartless bastard!