Chapter 54

Right after that, heard Ethan ask in a gentle, yet distant, voice, "Can you drink?"

Leahorsed her lips, looked up at Ethan, and beamed "Sure. I'll have a little." Then, she raised her glass and clinked it with everyone's.

Leah smiled phantly when it was my turn. "Evelyn."

I genuinely didn't want to play along as I looked at her, but with so many people around, I knew I had no choice. I rose from my seat, raised my yogurt carton, and clinked it with bercan of beer before taking a sip By the time the gathering wrapped up, it was already 9:00 pm. Since it was the weekend, a few local club members headed home, while the others planned to spend the night at an

intemet café.

In the end, the only people left were me, Ethan, Leah, and a photographer from the planning department. When I pulled out my phone to call a cab, Leah asked, "Evelyn, do you want to leave with us?"

black Maserati sports car. I figured she was addicted to acting, so I smiled at her and responded, "Alright. I'll take the

jast then, Ethan pulled up beside her in a two-seater blac passenger seat, and you can take a cab home."

Her facade immediately cracked, and the photographer couldn't keep a straight face, bursting into laughter. I ignored them and got into a cab.

After returning to the dorm and freshening up, I started to wonder if I should stay in that club. I had no idea Ethan was going to be in that club when I signed up. I thought we could just keep our distance and not interfere with each other, but things hadn't turned out that way Reality just had a way of proving me wrong, I was feeling frustrated, and since I'd napped so much during the day, I couldn't fall asleep when I got home.

Right then, my phone chimed, and I noticed that Lyla had replied. She told me that she had found the photo on Antoine's phone and had asked him who else he'd sent it to Antoine claimed he'd only sent it to Lyla and no one else. Tbreathed a sigh of relief and told her to get rid of the photo from Antoine'

I gave her a quick rundown, and she asked me it Ethan had a thing for me.

phone. Once we wrapped up that topic, Lyla asked me how I'd ended up kissing Ethan.

Her question threw me off. There was no way he would like me. He loathed me

Lyla pointed out that the way he kissed me was a dead giveaway of his de

s feelings for me. otherwise, he wouldn't have cupped the back of my head so tenderly when he kissed me

It was often said that it was the Little things that showed you someone loved you, and those little things never lied.

Initially, thad been quite calm, but her words started to erode my calm. I wasn't feeling like this because the person I had longed for years was finally returning my feelings. I was owhelmed with a sense of dread

in my previous life, I had peamed for Ethan to notice me and to love me even just a fraction as much as he loved Leah. I would've been content with that. Yet, he never gave me th time of day. He was always so cold and distant toward me.

I had given him may all in my previous Ede, but he didn't want me. Now, in this life, I had chosen to stay away from him, but he'd fallen for me?

I couldn't bring myself to entertain such a thought, nor did I want to. If he truly loved ine, it would make everything I went through in my previous life seem meaningless. Tcouldn't help but wonder why people insist on loving someone who didn't love them back Was it just a masochistic tendency? Spin to Claim Your Surprise

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