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Through the door, she heard footsteps outside.
Moments later, a voice de cognized as the one from the drunkest girl at the table spole
“Mania, you still like Alvin. You came back to Califonia for him. Why did you say something like that carlier? You just made him angry and made him leave. How can you get back together now?”
After a brief sound of water ninning Mara replied with a laugh.
“If we don’t fight, how can I make him remember what happened eight years ago? I want him to remember the heart–wrenching pain when we broke up–the kind of love that was never fully realized. That way, be’ll never forget me
“But Maria, it’s been eight years. How long do you want him to remember? Look at all the girlfriends he’s had–they all look like you. Even the one he’s been with for a long time today is just a distraction. Look at her bathday today: Alvin’s eyes and mind were all on you, and she’s Like a transparent person in the background. It’s just too funny!!!
Listening to her friend’s teasing, Maria chuckled softly before replying
“You don’t understand, Alvin’s family is powerful in California, and he’s exceptional in every way. They’ll never accept someone like me, family. In the end, they’ll want him to many someone who matches him perfectly. That’s why I have to do this–to lep his heart. Even though we tought today, in adew days, once le cools off, I’ll give him an out, and he’ll forget all this and come back to me.”
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Just as die finished spealing, the bathroom door suddenly thing open
Trastood there, staring directly at them, their eyes meeting in silence.
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Upon hearing the noise, the few people by the sink turned around
When they saw it washer, Maria froze for a moment, then forced a smile: “Ira, how are you here? You didn’t overhear what we were saying just now, did you? Traglanced at her and slowly walked to the sink, her tone calm. “Theard everything.
Maria hadn’t expected her to be so candid, and her face instantly darkened.
Aerof Maria’s friends also sensed something was off and were about to step in to teach to a lesson.
But before they could speak, tra tumed on the tap and cut them off, “People who play with others‘ feelings will never receive true love in return ”
The words left Man speechless.
Her angry gaze scanned tra’s face and lingered on the mole near her cheek. Then, she suddenly seemed to let go of the pretense. A mocking smile spread across her face as the ecord,
“You’re just a substitute, newer having received Alvin’s love. What slight do you have to talk to me about true feelings?”
“Exactly Who’s the one left in this godforuken place?”
“Bring las pultriend. you really are pitiful
After mocking her, the three girls left hand in hand!.
Iradidn’t bother chasing after them. Alvin played with her heart, and Maria played with his. Perhaps it was simply kanna catching up.
She walked to the door, about to hail a cab, when she suddenly remembered this was a mountain resort. As expected, several ride–hailing apps showed “No cars available nearby
And perhaps Maria had secretly coordinated with Alvin’s friends, because several cars passed her by without a single one stopping to offer a ride.
When she saw Maria getting into the last car, she couldn’t help but throw a smug look through the window before leaving, Ira understood her intent to
fra smiled faintly and then tamed, choosing to walk down the mountain instead,
The evening breeze litted the hem of her skin, and the surroundings were cecily quiet, save for the Incessant chirping of cicadas.
She emptied her thoughts, her mind filled with numerous memories, each playing out like a scene from a movie, leaving her with a surreal feeling.
Love, substitutes, returning home, birthdays, true feelings…
Suddenly, she wondered, it Alvin knew that the eight years of toment he had endiged for his first love were merely a strategy of Maria’s to play hard–to–get, what would he feel?
By the time she retumed home, it was already p.m.
Ira took off her shoes and looked at the blisters that had formed on her feet, hissing in path as she took out the first–aid kit.
After tending to the wounds, she was utterly exhausted. She washed up and fell into bed, ready to sleep.
When she woke up the next morning, everything in the room was unchanged from the day before.
I didn’t care where Alvin had gone. She got out of bed and re–dressed her wounds.
Just as she finished bandaging, her phone rang. It was Wade
“Mydear sister,
only did he transfer a large sum of money to me, but he also sent a bunch of jewelry to your home. You can use them as soon as you get bad. How do you did you sleep early last night? You didn’t reply to my messages. Let me tell you, your fiance has prepared a huge birthday surprise for you. matchmaker I found for you?
tra switched her phone to speaker mode a
and opened the notification bar. Sure enough, she saw a transfer of fifty million
She was about to reply when Alvin suddenly returned, having spent the right away.
“Matchmaker? What matchmaker?
Hearing Alvin’s familiar voice, Wade on the other end of the phone instantly became excited
“Who was that just now, Ahin? What’s he doing there with you at this hour?
Tra’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly made up nexuse and hung up the phone
