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Xavier looked terrible, but he still grabbed me and said, “We’ll talk about our issues later. Right now, you’re coming with me to the hospital to apologize to Sophia.
“I should apologize to her? What about you? Are you going to apologize to me?”
“Didn’t I say we’d talk about our stuff later?”
I shook off his hand again.
“There is no later!”
“Xavier, now you’re playing the righteous hero, but where were you when I was being bullied, when I was locked in the bathroom? Do you remember what you said to me back then? Do you?”
Xavier was stunned: “When were you locked in the bathroom?”
“The night you stayed up all night at the internet cafe, chatting with your girlfriend on the phone!”
“Oh, no, I forgot, you have so many nights like that, you probably don’t remember which one it was anymore.”
“But I remember, Xavier. Пl never forget how I spent a whole night in that bathroom, cold, dark, and terrified. Your phone was always unreachable. When my phone died, do you know how desperate I felt? Do you think I would let another girl experience that kind of desperation? Am I such a vicious woman in your eyes?”
I couldn’t hear Xavier’s response anymore.
Because the teacher came in.
Telling us to return to our seats, get ready for class, and not make any noise.
Xavier only hurriedly threw me a sentence: “I’m going to the hospital to be with Sophia. I’ll Investigate what you said. If they really bullied you, I wont let them off. But if they didn’t, you must apologize to Sophia”
He ran off
The teacher couldn’t do anything about him, so she took her anger out on me.
I packed up my things and ran too. After all, I had passed all my exams. What’s the point of studying anymore?
wier quieted down for a few days.
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Sophia, on the other hand, kept sending me messages.
“Aria, I don’t blame you.”
“Idiot.”
I replied with two words and blocked her.
On the day I was leaving, my mom still invited Xavier over for dinner.
Xavier came, but he didn’t say a word throughout the meal.
Until my mom said, “You two should have a toast. Once you go abroad, you won’t be able to see each other often.”
Xavier’s glass shattered on the floor.
My mom was startled and called the maid to clean up.
Xavier stared at me intently asking. “You’re going abroad?”
“When did this happen?”
“Why didn’t I know?”
late a piece of steak, ignoring him.
Seeing that I wasn’t responding, he fell silent too.
But after dinner, he refused to leave, lingering at my house.
Wherever I went, he followed.
“Aria, talk to me. When are you leaving? Why didn’t you tell me?”
The doorbell rang. It was my senior tutor.
He brought a cake to celebrate my successful exam.
Seeing Xavier, he paused and asked, “Your classmate?”
I took the cake: “Strawberry? How did you know I love strawberry cake the most!”
Xavier scoffed lightly: “Liar, you clearly like chocolate cake the best.”
The senior looked a bit awkward.
I said coldly, “People’s tastes change. Didn’t you change too?”
“How h
have I changed?”
“Didn’t you say you don’t like good girls?”
Xavier couldn’t meet my eyes and lowered his head.
I invited the senior in. We cut the cake, drank Juice, and chatted.
Xavier finally couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Tve looked into what you told me.”
“Ive forced those girls to drop out of school. Arla, I was wrong before. I apologize:
“It doesn’t matter anymore.
Late a strawberry and said, “it’s all in the past, Xavier. I don’t care about these things anymore.”
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