Once Diana said that, the look on Julian's face instantly changed and a wide smile stretched on his lips.
"Alright, I'll give you time to consider."
As long as the end result was good, it was fine.
"I can take my time? However long it takes?"
"However long it takes," Julian said easily.
Now that he knew Oliver had decided to give up on Diana and she didn't have feelings for him, Julian had become even more patient.
When he thought about it a little more, however, he grew slightly dissatisfied and said, "No, I still have to do something about Oliver. I want him to know how foolish he was for giving up on the woman I love!"
Diana was speechless at Julian's words.
When Oliver liked her, he was jealous.
When Oliver decided to give up on his affection for her, Julian was still unhappy, accusing that the other lacked taste and didn't know how to appreciate her good qualities.
In the end, it all boiled down to his resentment towards Oliver.
Diana couldn't help but ask. "Exactly what grudge do you have against him? After all, he was the one who saved your life. Don't be too unreasonable."
"I don't have any grudge against him," Julian retorted. "I just never liked him since we were kids."
To be more precise, it went back to their time in Yale Village. During the training camp, Oliver was the only person who could match Julian in the challenges.
Even so, Oliver had no ambitions since he was a child, which infuriated Julian.
Oliver would laugh when Julian won, when they tied, and even when he lost.
He always had that stupid fake smile on his face.
Wasn't he tired of pretending?
And later, they both developed feelings for the same woman.
As Julian thought about it, he felt something was off. "He didn't have any connection with you before, so how did he suddenly develop feelings for you?"
It was unlike Oliver, a cautious man, to suddenly develop feelings for a woman out of nowhere.
This came back to the fact that they had met each other in Yale Village when they were younger.
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