Suddenly, Raegan felt a splitting pain in her heart.


    She realized her facade of serene was easily ruined by the sight of Mitchel, her previous attempt to ignore any news of him with Katie futile.


    There was a long way ahead for Raegan topletely move on.


    After all, Mitchel had caused her so much pain by shattering her illusion.


    He had imed he no longer loved her despite their shared past, and she couldn’t do anything about it.


    Dodging Mitchel after deciding to move on seemed pointless.


    With this thought in mind, Raegan withdrew her gaze, held Stefan’s arm, and said slowly, “No need.


    Let’s go inside.


    ”


    Raegan didn’t linger.


    She made ways to the restaurant, arm in arm with Stefan.


    They soon entered the restaurant and disappeared in Mitchel’s view.


    During the meal, Raegan didn’t talk much, her face expressionless.


    Stefan cut the steak for her and passed the te to her.


    Noticing she didn’t touch her food much, he asked, “Do you not like the food here?”


    “It’s not like that.


    I had coffee this afternoon, so I’m not too hungry.


    ”


    “Raegan…” Stefan suddenly called out to her, ncing at Mitchel dining alone nearby.


    “Yes?” Raegan looked up at Stefan.


    Stefan said carefully, “Is it that… Do you not move on yet?”


    Raegan’s hand holding the fork froze.


    But she didn’t respond.


    Stefan looked at her with a trace of pity in his eyes.


    “If you really can’t let go, don’t force yourself.


    Time heals all wounds.


    ”


    Being friends with Erick, Stefan couldn’t quite describe his feelings for Raegan.


    At first, he only saw her as a friend’s little sister.


    But as time passed by, his feelings for her had be unexinable.


    Moreover, he had never been in a rtionship before and the notion of love for a woman was foreign to him.


    ALL Stefan knew was he wanted Raegan to be happy, whether he was a part of that happiness.


    As long as she was delighted, nothing else mattered.


    Raegan appreciated Stefan’s effort tofort her.


    Sometimes, there were things she couldn’t tell Erick because she feared he would be impulsive.


    But with Stefan, she didn’t have such kind of worry.


    It seemed he could always guess her thoughts and would never do anything to make her feel ufortable.


    “Thank you, Stefan.


    I understand.


    ” Raegan agreed with Stefan.


    She wouldn’t force her heart to suddenly turn indifferent to Mitchel she had loved for a decade.


    She would let nature take its course.


    Anyway, she was doing fine.


    Like now, she could already eat with Mitchel in the same restaurant calmly.


    She couldn’t avoid him forever.


    Eventually, she would move on.


    The dinner ended earlier than expected.


    When Raegan got up, she spot Mitchel not far away, his face icy.


    Raegan averted her gaze, treating him like any other stranger she might see anywhere.


    After taking a few steps, Stefan’s phone rang, a work-rted call.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g