I Choose Him, Your Worst Enemy novel Chapter 123

In the photo, Wynette's smile looked sweet and radiant, while Adriel's gaze followed her completely.

The more Adriel looked at it, the more satisfied he felt.

He tapped save without hesitation.

Wynette noticed his movement too and said openly, "Wanna take a few more together?"

As she spoke, she grabbed Adriel's phone and started snapping a bunch of photos of the two of them.

Afterward, she handed the phone back to him. "Send me the pictures later."

She never opened his gallery to pick through the photos herself.

After all, that was still private, and Wynette respected boundaries.

The moment Adriel heard that, he sent every single photo to her.

That included all the pictures of the two of them together.

Wynette tapped the photos open one by one in full screen. Honestly, Adriel's photography skills were pretty good.

Suddenly, Wynette froze.

Mixed in between the photos was an old graduation picture from her college days.

Back then, she had been holding a huge bouquet of velvet begonias while smiling brightly at the camera.

Adriel's figure could also be seen hidden in the corner of the photo.

As if realizing something, Wynette immediately looked up at him. "The flowers I got at graduation... you were the one who sent them? You came to my graduation ceremony?"

She had always loved begonias, especially the different varieties.

At the time, Wynette thought Noah had sent them. She had held them carefully all the way home and even kept them with the utmost care afterward.

It wasn't until much later that she realized the flowers hadn't been from Noah at all.

By then, Wynette had already turned the velvet begonias into dried flowers to preserve them for as long as possible.

Even after discovering Noah wasn't the sender, she still never threw the bouquet away.

Only then did Adriel realize he'd accidentally included that photo when sending the pictures over. Meeting Wynette's gaze, he admitted honestly, "Yeah. It was me."

Knowing how much Wynette loved begonias, Adriel had grown countless rare varieties at the Gallagher Estate over the years.

On the day of her graduation, he'd personally selected the prettiest velvet begonias early that morning and hand-wrapped them into a bouquet before bringing them to her school.

Originally, Adriel planned to hand them to her personally, but after searching all over campus and failing to find her, he eventually went to her classroom and quietly left the bouquet on her desk.

That day, he'd returned to the company briefly for work, and when he came back to campus later, he saw Wynette happily hugging the flowers while asking her friends to take pictures of her.

Hidden where Wynette couldn't see him, Adriel had asked Blaze to secretly take that photo.

Adriel wanted to unsend it now, only to realize the recall time limit had already expired. Instant embarrassment hit him.

Looking at him apologetically, Wynette said softly, "Sorry. Back then, I really thought Noah sent those flowers. I had no idea it was you."

At the time, she'd even wondered how Noah suddenly became thoughtful enough to give her her favorite flowers.

Especially because the meaning behind velvet begonias was unrequited love, symbolizing selfless devotion and love without expecting anything in return.

Because of those flowers, Wynette mistakenly believed Noah genuinely liked her too, but he just wasn't good at expressing it.

In the end...

Adriel smiled at her. "It's fine. That's my fault. I should've left a card. I picked the flowers fresh that morning, and after wrapping everything, I ran out of time and completely forgot the note."

"Those flowers were from your..." Wynette stared at him in shock.

Adriel simply admitted it openly. "I grew those begonias myself. Picked them personally and wrapped them into that bouquet for you."

Did I just invite myself to visit the Gallagher Estate?

What if the Gallaghers don't welcome me?

By the time Wynette returned to Graceview Estate, Alice had already gone out, and Joanne had left for work too.

Adriel answered a phone call, greeted Wynette briefly, and headed back next door.

Taking out her phone, Wynette opened the comments under her post.

Alice wrote, [No wonder I didn't see you this morning. The sunrise is gorgeous. And so are you!]

Joanne commented, [You went to the beach? You actually went to the beach by yourself? Wait, no. Who did you go with? Spill it already. Who's that guy in photo three? Confess now, and I'll go easy on you. Refuse, and I'll make you talk. You seriously got yourself some random guy behind my back?]

Adriel replied to Joanne's comment, but his was just question marks.

Wynette couldn't stop herself from laughing.

If Joanne ever found out the "random guy" she was talking about was actually her own brother, would she take those words back?

Joanne replied to Adriel, [Adriel, since when do you even have Wynette's contacts? Are you two secretly together already? Wait... don't tell me that random man is actually you? No way. No freaking way!]

Adriel apparently couldn't even be bothered replying anymore and simply left Joanne there, losing her mind by herself.

Watching her best friend continue flooding the comments section while interrogating Adriel about when he got her contact, Wynette finally picked one comment to reply to. [We added each other as friends a while ago. Make sure you pack sunscreen for your trip, and double-check your luggage before you leave. Don't forget things again.]

For Joanne, forgetting things during business trips had practically become routine. Half the time, she'd only realize something was missing after arriving at her destination.

Every single time she traveled, Wynette had to remind her not to forget things.

Joanne quickly replied, saying she knew, then immediately went right back to harassing Adriel again.

In the end, all she managed to get from him was a single eye-roll emoji sticker.

Joanne was practically dying from curiosity, but unfortunately, she still had to leave for her business trip and couldn't even go corner Adriel in person.

The frustration was killing her.