Chapter 209


    Colin liked me. And all this time, I wasn’t aware of it.


    I was shocked. I’found it hard to believe.


    But now that I thought about it, he pampered and spoiled me. He cared for and protected me. He even


    risked his life to fight Shawn. He did everything he could for me. All of this was hinting at me that he


    liked me.


    Yet in the past three years, I simply thought that he was being a good friend, that I was just


    his sister from another mother.


    I recalled what Helen told me two days ago. I recalled the moment when Queenie and Julia rolled their


    eyes on me. Everyone knew that Colin liked me, except for me.


    Was I that oblivious?


    My brain had trouble processing the shocking revtion.


    While Colin was right, I found it rather awkward to regard one of my best friends as a boyfriend.


    I panicked. The hands on my sides fumbled for reassurance.


    “Lulu, do you think I’m not as good as Felix? Is that why you want to reject me now?” Colin


    “No, not at all.” This was too much for me to handle. I didn’t expect him to confess to me all


    of a sudden.


    I had once fantasized about the scene where a guy confessed his love to me. I just didn’t know the


    person would be Colin.


    Then be my girlfriend. I’ll spoil you like a princess now and forever. I won’t let you cry. Okay, Lulu?”


    I blinked. I wanted to say no, but no words could escape my mouth.


    His eyes bewitched me; the mole at the corner of his eyes hypnotized me.


    Inside my mind, there was a war. The part of me that wanted to say yes fought against the part of me


    that wanted to say no.


    I loved Colin. Other than Dad, he was the second nicest guy to me. We had been friends for


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    more than 20 years. I could count on him; I couldugh and cry with him; I could take out my


    frustrations and anger on him.


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    And he wouldn’t make a fuss. He never gave me the cold shoulder and was always patient with me. I


    believed he would remain as sweet as he was now no matter who I became.


    But I had always regarded him as a friend. If he became my boyfriend, would I be able to hang out with


    him like I did before?


    Having a friend, whom I regarded as my older brother, turn into a boyfriend did not sit right


    with me.


    Furthermore, he was Felix’s older brother. Everyone in school knew that Felix and I were once


    arranged to marry each other. The whole thing fell apart during myst year in high school. It happened


    back home, but for some reason, everyone in school knew what had


    happened.


    Fortunately, I was friends with everyone, so no one used that incident to mock me or bully me. But they


    still gossiped about me.


    If they knew that I was dating Felix’s brother, more rumors woulde out.


    I was young back then, so I couldn’t care less about rumors. But I was an adult now. Would I be able to


    live with rumors?


    Colin was sweet, so very sweet. I wanted to date him, but I didn’t have the courage to. Not now, at


    least.


    “Say yes, Lulu. Let me take care of you forever, please.”


    Colin whispered again. There was so much love in the eyes. No one could resist a confession from


    someone like him.


    His lips slowly approached mine. My heart pounded even faster, and my cheeks were burning.


    As Colin’s perfect features came closer and closer into my view, an image of 18–year–old Felix waiting


    for me at the staircase while carrying a schoolbag emerged in my mind.