Chapter 199


    When I heard that Felix had intercepted Matthew’s love letters for me, I was so mad that I went to his


    house to argue with him. I gave Felix an earful and refused to talk to him for a very long time.


    Now I knew I had gotten angry for the wrong reason. He was just trying to protect me.


    But he could have warned me. If I had known Brenda was this unreasonable, I would have


    stayed away from Matthew. The whole debacle wouldn’t have transpired.


    “I know what you’re thinking. But back then, you red at me as if I was your arch–nemesis. I was sure


    you wouldn’t believe me. You might even think that I was plotting something and


    resent me further.”


    Felix was right. I knew I might not have believed him even if he had told me. Still, this wasn’t a valid


    excuse to keep everything from me.


    I knew he wouldn’t believe me if I told him about what Lc had done. But I did it


    nheless. Several times too. Couldn’t he do what I did?


    Regardless, I decided to forgive him since he intercepted the letters to protect me. I was ready to move


    on.


    To make it up to Felix, I ordered meatballs for him. He ate them whileining about how stingy I


    was. He said I had a lot of money but I wasn’t willing to buy him anything fancy. Furious, I tried to


    snatch the te of meatballs from him. In the end, he swallowed


    his words and the meatballs.


    The next time I saw Matthew, a month had passed.


    It could get below zero degrees in Jinovy in November. I put on the small jacket Colin had givenst


    year on top of my cardigan. To top it off, I also put on a mini–skirt and a pair of thigh–high boots. It was


    a simple yet cozy look.


    Since I left early, I took a stroll on the rubbery running track to kill time. To my annoyance,


    a small pebble got into my boot. It stabbed against my heel from time to time.


    I walked toward the tform, sat on it, and removed my boot to shake off the pesky


    intruder.


    At my most unttering moment, a pair of polished, leathery shoes appeared before me. As


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    my eyes traveled upward, I first saw the ck cks and then Matthew, who was looking at me with a


    simper.


    I hadn’t seen him in a month! He was still as handsome as I remembered. He had lost some weight,


    but he looked much more spirited. His eyes sparkled under the light.


    Embarrassed, I put on my boot and cursed at myself for handling this at the most inopportune moment.


    To have let Matthew catch me in this state was mortifying.


    “How have you been?” he asked.


    “I’m good. What about you? How are your injuries?”


    He turned around, and we walked together toward the teaching faculty.


    “They healed long ago. I heard that Professor King picked you for thepetition. How’s the


    preparationing along?”


    “I have a rough idea. All I need to do is pick a direction and produce a small sample.”


    “All the best and break a leg.”


    “Thank you.”


    He walked me to the teaching faculty and stared at me as I entered the building.


    I walked toward the staircase. When I turned around, he was still there. His eyes continued to linger on


    me.


    Noticing that I had turned back, his bony face shed me a smile. His right hand waved at me, and I


    saw light in his almond–shaped eyes.


    I ran to the ssroom, sat in the corner, and rested my head on the desk for a very long time.


    At around 10:00 pm, I put down my pen and sshed my face with some water. Right when I decided


    to read some e–books before sleeping, I received a text message.


    I checked my phone and saw Matthew’s moving profile picture. There were only a few words in the


    message. “Lulu, can we never get back together?”


    I felt something heavy in my chest again. It sucked out the air in me.


    I stared at those words until my eyes were wet and glossy. Tears rolled down the corners of my eyes


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