"What's wrong, Selina?" Matthew immediately noticed her uneasiness.
Selina straightened herself.
She pointed towards someone but her movements were a little stiff and awkward.
Matthew turned his gaze in that direction, he drew a sharp breath when he saw him.
Before them was Dylan, who was standing beneath the Ferris Wheel.
There was an air of sadness and loneliness around him that was just heartbreaking.
Matthew immediately knew what Selina was thinking.
If she had come across Dylan in any situation, she might not be as out of sorts as she was now.
However, of all things, Dylan just had to appear right then at this amusement park, looking so depressed...
Matthew embraced Selina gently.
"Don't overthink it, it's all in the past," he gently consoled her.
Selina moved her lips.
"He doesn't seem to be fine," she mumbled.
Even though her relationship with Dylan had ended a long time ago and she had already moved on with only Matthew in her heart now,
seeing Dylan like this still made her heart ache.
She was the one who'd insisted on ending things with Dylan at that time. Was he still in this state because he had not moved on from her? Selina wondered.
Not far away, Dylan felt someone's eyes on him.
He immediately looked towards that direction but his breath caught when he saw them.
It was Matthew and Selina.
With just a second of hesitation, Dylan waved to a young woman who was standing near him waiting for the Ferris wheel.
The woman walked over to him.
"Hey handsome, what's the matter?" the woman asked with a smile.
"Could you please pretend to be my girlfriend for a while. I will pay you anything you want," he said hurriedly.
The woman's eyes flashed with surprise.
"Including s*x?" she asked bluntly.
"No," he rejected firmly.
"What a shame then," the woman shrugged nonchalantly.
"Do we have a deal or not?" he asked impatiently.
"Of course we do," she agreed.
Dylan wrapped his arm around the woman's shoulder while approaching Matthew and Selina.
"Matthew, Selina," Dylan greeted them with ease.
Selina was shocked.
Just a second ago, she saw Dylan standing there looking all alone and depressed. However, he looked all happy right then and he even had a lady by his side.
Dylan introduced the woman beside him, "This is my girlfriend, her name is..."
Dylan paused for a moment.
The woman reacted quickly.
"I'm Annie," she finished off with a beaming smile.
Selina took a glance at the woman. She was a beautiful young lady with fair skin and large eyes.
Selina felt relieved.
It turned out that she was mistaken. Dylan was absolutely fine, he even had a girlfriend now.
Selina smiled sweetly at Annie, "Annie, you're so beautiful."
She then turned to Dylan and said, "You are really
blessed to have found Annie."
After chatting for a while, Dylan and Annie then excused themselves.
When they were out of Selina and Matthew's sight, Dylan immediately handed Annie a pile of cash.
She refused his cash and said, "Instead of money, can I ask you a question?"
Dylan glanced at her indifferently, "Sure, go ahead."
"The man we just saw seems older than you and he's obviously wealthy. I'll take a guess that your ex- girlfriend dumped you for him and you deliberately asked me to pretend to be your girlfriend just to get back at her. Did I get it right?" she questioned him.
Dylan pursed his lips.
He replied with a hoarse voice, "You think too much. I just want her to know that I'm alright. I don't want her to worry about me anymore."
The girl was stunned.
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