Emery commented on the post: Damn, you’ve not been posting anything, but once you finally do it, it’s to show off your relationship? Are you trying to make a dig at the rest of us?
Hunter replied: Dear, don’t be jealous. I’ll cook it for you tonight if you like.
Hannah then commented: This is great. The two of you have to remain this sweet when you guys are in A City.
Curious, I could not help but click the post that they were replying to. It was my post, and it had a side-view photograph of me eating seafood with my head down. I looked very happy eating in the photo and seemed to be in a good mood.
The accompanying caption was: Forever seems to be a long time, but I wouldn’t mind spending the rest of my life with you. Thank you for the thoughtful lunch, Mr. Fuller. It was delicious.
The captions ended with a string of happy emojis.
I could not help but look at Nora. Puzzled as to why I was staring at her, she asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Did you use my phone to post something just now?”
She nodded. “Yeah! You’ve not had a single post after using Instagram for so long. Have you never shared anything about your life? That’s so old-fashioned!”
I frowned and read through the dozens of comments. They were all from my friends and there were even some likes on my post.
Among them, Ashton’s was especially conspicuous.
Noticing my frown, Nora walked over to look at my phone, then nagged, “Instagram is for you to keep a record of whatever happens in your life. If you don’t use it, are you saying that your life’s not worth remembering?”
After a short pause, she said, “See, your post has been liked by almost all your friends, and everyone has wished you well in your relationship. That’s so nice!”
When she noticed Ashton’s comment, she could not help but read it out aloud. “We have a long way to go, and I’ll give you as much love and affection as you want until then. I’m not a very gentle person, but I’ll definitely do my best for you!”
Then, she tutted and said, “It’s indeed very different when sweet nothings come out of such a cold man’s mouth. Your husband’s comment is really so sweet. He’s just blatantly showing off his affection to everyone!”
With a hand on my forehead, I scrolled through the comments. However, since I rarely used the app, I did not know how to reply to them.
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