Chapter 864
It’s nothing. I just felt likeing here all of a sudden,” Jonathan said. After all, he didn’t want to get
Amelia’s hopes up until there was concrete evidence.
“Are you feeling down?” Rosalie asked.
“Why, do you think I’m only here because I’m feeling down?” Jonathan’s eyes flickered slightly.
Is it?” She gazed at him.
“No.” He shook his head, pulling her into an embrace. I’m not feeling down. In fact, I’m quite
content.” At least, there was a possibility that the child might be the one they had lost. If it turned out
to be true, she would be very happy.
Then, he would see her genuine smile, rather than the smile she had on now with a lingering
sadness in her eyes.
Rosalie still seemed puzzled. “Did something happen today that made you happy?”
“Why, isn’t being with you enough to make me happy?” he murmured, lowering his head to kiss her
lips..
He thought, “If my father were watching from above, he would surely be happy to see me with the
one I love. Rosalie and I have been through so much, and now we can be together. Our ending
won’t be like my father’s. Rosalie isn’t my mother. She won’t leave me and will always be by my
side, won’t she? That’s for sure!” In the restaurant, Jerick watched as Lillian seemed lost in thought,
staring at a passerby outside the window. “What’s the matter? You’ve been staring at someone’s
back for a while.”
“Ah!” Lillian snapped back to reality and quickly said, “Nothing, I just thought that person’s back
looked familiar, but… It’s not someone I know.”
After saying that, Lillian lowered her head to eat the food in front of her.
“That person’s back actually looks a bit like Callum,” Jerick’s voice reached Lillian’s
cars.
Lillian’s body stiffened.
Yes, that person’s back did resemble Callum’s. In that split second, she event thought she saw
Callum. But on closer inspection, it wasn’t him.
“I’m sorry.” She raised her head and looked at Jerick earnestly.
Jerick chuckled slightly. “What do you have to be sorry for?”
Lillian hesitated for a moment and then said, “Perhaps we can’t be a couple. I’m sorry. After
everything that’s happened, you’ve been encouraging and trusting me, and I appreciate that. But… I
seem to be unable to develop romantic feelings for
you.
“It’s nothing. I just felt likeing here all of a sudden, Jonathan said. After all, he didn’t want to get
Amelia’s hopes up until there was concrete evidence.
“Are you feeling down?” Rosalie asked.
“Why, do you think I’m only here because I’m feeling down?” Jonathan’s eyes flickered slightly.
“Is it?” She gazed at him.
“No.” He shook his head, pulling her into an embrace. I’m not feeling down. In fact, I’m quite
content.” At least, there was a possibility that the child might be the one they had lost. If it turned out
to be true, she would be very happy.
Then, he would see her genuine smile, rather than the smile she had on now with a lingering
sadness in her eyes.
Rosalie still seemed puzzled. ‘Did something happen today that made you. happy?”
“Why, isn’t being with you enough to make me happy?” he murmured, lowering his head to kiss her
lips.
He thought, “If my father were watching from above, he would surely be happy to see me with the
one I love. Rosalie and I have been through so much, and now we can be together. Our ending
won’t be like my father’s. Rosalie isn’t my mother. She won’t leave me and will always be by my
side, won’t she? That’s for sure!” In the restaurant, Jerick watched as Lillian seemed lost in thought,
staring at a passerby outside the window. “What’s the matter? You’ve been staring at someone’s
back for a while.”
“Ah!” Lillian snapped back to reality and quickly said, “Nothing, I just thought that person’s back
looked familiar, but… It’s not someone I know.”
After saying that, Lillian lowered her head to eat the food in front of her.
“That person’s back actually looks a bit like Callum,” Jerick’s voice reached Lillian’s
ears.
Lillian’s body stiffened.
Yes, that person’s back did resemble Callum’s. In that split second, she even thought she saw
Callum. But on closer inspection, it wasn’t him.
“I’m sorry.” She raised her head and looked at Jerick earnestly.
Jerick chuckled slightly. “What do you have to be sorry for?”
Lillian hesitated for a moment and then said, “Perhaps we can’t be a couple. I’m sorry. After
everything that’s happened, you’ve been encouraging and trusting me, and I appreciate that. But… I
seem to be unable to develop romantic feelings for you.”
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“Is it because you still have feelings for Callum?” Jerick said without any sign of anger as if he had
expected this.
Lillian was silent. She thought she could put Callum down. Over the years, she had been slowly
putting it down and would think less about him. Every time she thought of him, her heartache
became less and less painful.
She had hoped that one day her heart would no longer be stirred by that man.
However, these days, Callum always appeared in her mind. She kept thinking about the scene
where he took her to the apartment and kissed her before talking to her. Sometimes, it even led to
sleepless nights.
She realized that all her efforts to move on were crumbling because of Callum’s reappearance.
“Are you nning to get back together with Callum?” Jerick asked. “Now that he’s no longer
engaged to the daughter of the Tall family, no one would object to your rtionship.”
Lillian shook her head. “I never thought about getting back together with him. Our backgrounds and
values are too different. Even if we forced a rtionship, it would eventually run into problems.
But…”
She bit her lip and confessed, “It seems like a part of my heart still belongs to him. So, being with
you in a romantic way wouldn’t be fair to you, Jerick. I appreciate the time we’ve spent together, but
I think it’s best for us to part ways here.”
“You don’t need to feel sorry. You’ve never lied to me,” Jerick said. “I, on the other hand, have never
really been interested in women. When I was younger, I even wondered if there was something
wrong with me. My family even spected if I had a preference for men.”
Lillian widened her eyes in surprise. “So, you… really?” After asking, she felt it was inappropriate
and quickly added, “I don’t mean any discrimination. Ipletely support love and rtionships,
regardless of gender. I’ve even read many novels andics in this regard.”
In the end, she blushed and thought, “Oh, dear. Why did I say that?”
Jerick was amused by Lillian’s reaction. The previously tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated.
“I’m not. You could say I have no interest in either men or women. I even went to the hospital for a
checkup. Perhaps it can be called asexuality.” Jerick said.
“It could also be tha “Perhaps, Jerick said. “So, even though I don’t have those romantic feelings for
you, I think that if we were to get married in the future, at least our marriage wouldn’t have any
issues. Even if we couldn’t be as passionate as others, we could still respect each other. Haven’t
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you haven’t met the right person, Lillian suggested.
After a pause, Jerick added, “If you find it burdensome to continue our contact
with marriage as the premise, we can just be normal friends. In the future, if you remain unmarried
and I remain unattached, perhaps we can consider being together, just like finding a roommate to
go through life with.”
Lillian blinked her eyes. “Is this being a backup n?”
Jerickughed, “You could say that.” She was always direct, but that made him feel more
comfortable. At least, he didn’t have to be wary of anything when he was with her. There was no
scheming or feeling stressed as he might feel in at workce.
“So, what do you say? Are you willing?” Jerick asked.
Lillian smiled faintly. “Sure. So, are we friends now? I’m d to have a friend like
you.
“I thought we were friends a long time ago, Jerick said. The two of them exchanged nces and
shared another smile.
Opening up the conversation had made Lillian’s dinner exceptionally pleasan