Only you in my love novel Chapter 840

Right before Michelle sent the message, she hesitated.

Sometimes seeing something didn't necessarily mean it was the truth. Case in point, when she had seen Leon and Valerie come out of a hotel together, she had misunderstood the situation.

She had been too hurt to ask Leon about it, and as a result, they had been separated for three long years.

Michelle sighed. It was such a pity that they had wasted three years.

Lydia had been in secret love with Austin for three years when they were in college, and they had been together as a couple the three years following college.

Six years had passed in the blink of an eye.

Michelle deleted the message she typed out and started composing a different text.

"Lydia, I think you should go to Austin and ask about his relationship with that girl," she texted.

A moment later, Lydia replied, "I have no right to ask him."

"You're his girlfriend now, of course you have the right."

Lydia didn't reply immediately this time. Michelle kept glancing at her phone, checking to see if she responded. At some point, Adams had to caution her. "Don't play with your phone while you're walking. Your mother and I are busy shopping, we can't keep an eye on you 24/7."

"You might bump into someone," Elaine added.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful," Michelle said, raising her head to look at her parents. "I'm just chatting with Lydia."

Elaine wanted to protest, but Tim cut in and said, "I'll keep an eye on her."

Elaine shook her head helplessly. "Okay."

The following day was the New Year's Eve. The street was crowded and noisy. Endless sounds of talking, walking, and selling bombarded passers-by. However, Michelle's attention was focused solely on her phone.

Following her silently, Tim kept an eye on her, making sure she wouldn't run into somebody or make a wrong turn.

He occasionally spoke up, reminding her to slow down or speed up.

Like a robot that operated on command, Michelle obediently slowed down or sped up, whichever was required of her at that moment.

About two or three minutes later, Lydia finally replied.

"I might be Austin's girlfriend, but just nominally. Haven't I told you that? There were a lot of girls pursuing him. I saw that he was getting a little impatient about it, so I suggested I become his girlfriend to make those girls back off.

That's it."

The last sentence was so full of helplessness and pain, just like her relationship with Austin.

Michelle sighed.

Lydia sent another message. "In other people's eyes, we are a couple. But I know we aren't in real life, so I try to act like a good friend instead. I never ask inappropriate questions, and I never act jealous in front of him. Sometimes, I even have to joke about how he'd look good with another girl.

It's painful, but I chose this life.

Am I a masochist?

It's all so...overwhelming."

Michelle understood this feeling, but she didn't know what words would comfort her heartbroken friend. Instead, she sent a hugging emoji.

Lydia replied with the same emoji.

"If that's the case, can't you ask him if he has a crush on anyone—as a friend? If he says yes, you can ask who she is.

If you feel embarrassed and don't want to ask, how about I ask him for you?" Michelle texted.

After a while, Lydia replied, "Okay! Go and ask!"

Michelle stared at her phone incredulously.