"I thought of you when I passed by!" I smiled and was pulled back from my memories.
Dane seemed a little nervous. He wanted to talk to me, but he opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a while.
"Dane, thank you!" I said first. Although Dane had also bullied me, I didn't hate him at all when I saw him now. Instead, I was very grateful to him for helping me last night. He brought up that thing and didn't mind getting hurt.
Dane scratched his head. "No, I should thank you. I finally get a chance to get back at Alicia after so many years!" After a pause, Dane continued, "Rachael, I'm sorry!"
Suddenly, I felt so aggrieved. I knew that he was apologizing for bullying me when we were little kids. However, for so many years, no one had ever apologized to me after they hurt me. Dane was the first one to do so. I had got over him a long time ago, but I really wanted to cry because of his apology!
"I'm sorry. I hurt you at that time!" Dane apologized again.
"It doesn't matter. It's over!" I took a deep breath, hid my emotions, and smiled at him.
Dane nodded, "Yeah. You'll get better with ... Mr. Charles!" Dane said the last two words with difficulty.
"It's been so many years. I never thought that you would be Mr. Charles’ fiancé. Rachael, you're amazing!" Dane said, but his eyes flashed with complicated emotions.
"Yeah. We will get better!" Thinking of my relationship with Kieran, I simply smiled and nodded.
"I read the news. I thought that Alicia would be screwed up this time. But the news only appeared for an hour in the morning. Then it disappeared!" Dane clenched his fists. That was too bad.
"Don't worry. Alicia could hide this scandal, but I will create a bigger one for her. Her past will catch up with her. Just wait!"
Then I raised my head and found Dane was staring at me. I was confused and touched my face. "What's wrong? Is there anything on my face, or...?"
Dane shook his head and smiled. "Rachael, you've changed!"
I was upset. He was the second person to say that today.
"You used to be very obedient. To put it bluntly, you were a pushover. But now, you are different. You know how to protect yourself and not let anyone offend you. That's good!"
I nodded. I had suffered much, and I had to protect many people. That was why I changed, and I wanted to change faster and grow stronger!
After saying goodbye to Dane, I went straight to Adrian's place. I had made an appointment with him. When I got there, he was waiting for me at the door. He also saw me, so he came over and hugged me. "Rachael, you finally came. I've been waiting for you here, like a statue!"
"It's so hot. You don't have to do that. You might get a sunstroke!" I did not like people being close to me, especially hugging me like this. However, Adrian was fine. When he acted pouty like that, I always thought of Davidson.
I hadn't seen Davidson for a long time. But he should not come back now. I could not protect him.
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