“Heath, you know that pretty girl?”
“Heath, you know that pretty girl?”
It was Shiloh's first time seeing Heath getting rejected by someone. His cousin had always been the target of girls' affections since kindergarten. When he grew a little older, girls would fight against each other to share a table or be on a team with him. When he was in middle school, Shiloh would say, without exaggeration, that if the girls who were courting him were lining up, they would form a line spanning the entire corridor.
In the many romantic relationships Heath had, most of the time, the girls and the women were the ones who confessed. There were only one or two people who could make Heath court them instead. One was the campus beauty from the university's language department, and the other was the pretty girl from earlier.
However, Heath ended up breaking up with the girl from the language department in less than three months.
It was the first time in years since Shiloh had seen Heath asking for someone else's contact details, but that was not the strangest part. The oddest thing was that the pretty young woman had said that she did not remember them ever meeting.
How could she not? No one will say that to Heath!
Shiloh had voiced out the question the others were thinking about too. They were also wondering about Heath's relationship with Sophia.
Right as Shiloh said that, the others who were discussing which bar to head to next paused their conversation.
Heath finally looked away and turned to face Shiloh and the others. “Pretty girl? She's my girlfriend.”
A pause after, he added, “Remember that she's my girlfriend the next time you see her, got it?”
When Shiloh and the rest heard that, they stiffened. Wow, he's still as flirtatious as ever.
Meanwhile, Sophia had no idea she had abruptly become someone else's girlfriend.
Sophia had always kept her distance from playboys like Heath. Even if she was not married and did not have anyone she liked, she would never spend her time in a relationship with a casanova like Heath.
It was not that she could not afford to do that, but that she did not like these ways.
Mm, Alexander's still the best.
As that thought formed in her head, Sophia arrived by the door of the room.
When she pushed the door to enter, she saw Perrin, Carter, and the rest chatting away. A glance at the time told Sophia that it was over nine, but it was not too late.
Curling her lips, she went back to her seat.
When Kylie saw her, she asked in concern, “Are you okay?”
Sophia shook her head and took a sip of the juice in front of her. “I'm fine.”
Kylie smiled. “I thought you were in some kind of trouble.”
“Nope.”
Sophia did not even want to mention bumping into Heath.
Right as she finished her juice, she realized Maximilian was not in the room with them. Turning to Kylie, she queried, “Aunt Kylie, where's Max?”
“Oh, Max? He has classes tomorrow, so he went back earlier.”
As Kylie said that, she passed a note to Sophia. “He told me to give you this. It's his WhatsApp. He wants to add you as a friend.”
Sophia had few people who she added to her WhatsApp, for she did not like adding people irrelevant to her life.
A few days ago, she encountered Gabrielle, so she had no choice but to have a brief appearance in the class. The students there were eagerly trying to add her on WhatsApp, but Sophia had managed to reject them all.
As for Maximilian...
Sophia peeked at Carter, who was chatting with Perrin, and took the note from Kylie to add Maximilian on WhatsApp.
Maximilian quickly added her as well, but he only greeted her before ending the conversation, smartly not disturbing Sophia further.
The dinner lasted until half-past ten in the night. Perrin and Carter reluctantly ended their conversation.
By the time they reached home, it was late. They had a flight back to Jadeborough the following afternoon, so while Sophia massaged Perrin's back, the grandfather-and-granddaughter duo had a brief chat before they went away to rest.
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