Vermont had a strange look on his face, and it took him a while to say,” That’s because I’ve always thought that the chubby little kid was a boy.”
Felicity was speechless.
“Besides, you look so different now compared to before. Your face used to look like a ball, and your cheeks were very red. Now, you look like a fairy. How was a mere mortal like me supposed to recognize you?”
Felicity did not feel any better after listening to his sweet words and irrelevant remarks about her. She gritted her teeth and went straight to the point. “We spent two years together, and you’ve always thought that I was a boy? Were you blind? Why did you say that you’d marry me if you thought I was a boy?’
Vermont reached out to stroke Felicity’s back. ”l didn’t think too much about it. I had no idea why a big boy would be worried about not having a husband in the future, so I said that to make you feel better.”
Felicity got even angrier and began hitting him. ’What a playboy! You started flirting around when you were just a teenager! You shattered my first love! Give me back my childhood sweetheart!”
Vermont felt wronged.
How could he have known anything about flirting when he was so young?
He genuinely liked Felicity very much when they were younger. The living conditions in their hometown were not very good back then, so the kids there did not look as polished as city kids. And, due to the environment, their skin colors were somewhat dull.
When he was going home from school one day, an adorable and chubby kid in the crowd caught his attention.
He saw the kid being bullied and immediately stepped in to help even though it was something he would not normally do.
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