The thought of kissing man made Arthur gag.
He thrust Lawrence’s hand away and turned his face aside, feeling nauseous.
Lawrence, however, was still as cold as he had always been. His face barely changed a little except for when he saw the saliva on the back of his hand.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Arthur thrust Lawrence forcibly.
“You want to kiss? Go to Lillian then. You just spoiled everything!”
Lillian feared that Lawrence would do something reckless and drag Amelia to him. So she trotted up to him before he said anything. She wrapped her hands around his arm, whispering to him. “Lawrence, do you have to make me sad?”
“And that is not even the important thing. Think of how your parents will feel if they know about you and Amelia. Lawrence, don’t let the people who love feel sad, please.”
Lawrence’s body stiffened. He turned around to avert his eyes from Amelia. What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve…
Amelia was still in shock. Did Arthur just kiss Lawrence?
Why does he like being kissed by other man so much?
What a mentally ill man he is!
Noticing Lawrence’s anomaly, Arthur feared that he would do something wild again and take Amelia away from him. Hurriedly, he took Amelia’s hand and ran outwards the Repulse Bay.
If he loved a girl, he had to make the whole world know it.
Now the world had already known it. His goal of the day was achieved. So for the rest of the day, he would prefer to spend it with Amelia alone.
Lawrence’s hands coiled into fists as he watched them leave. He wouldn’t have resisted the impulse to chase them if Lillian weren’t clutching his arms tightly.
Among all the people in the yard, Heathway was shocked the most.
Her eyes were about to pop out.
She moved her eyes from the direction Arthur was leaving to Lawrence. Suddenly, her heart was filled with infinite melancholy.
She raised her face to look at Maximus. “Maximus, why would Lawrence interfere when Arthur tried to kiss Amelia and let Arthur kiss him instead?”
“You might have not seen what happened at the table just then, but I saw it. Lawrence crushed the cup in his hand when he saw Arthur fed Amelia.”
“Lawrence wouldn’t have some feeling s for Arthur, would he?”
Maximus twitched his mouth. Others might still be confused, but he had figured out what was going on among the young. But it never occurred to him that his wife would think that their son liked Arthur.
Maximus felt that it’s only going to make her more anxious if he told her the truth. So he kept silent.
“What’s the matter with you, Lawrence? Why did you keep sabotaging?”
“They aren’t compatible together.”
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