Of course, Ellie discovered him. So, as soon as she entered the house, she yelled, "Alicia, come out, come out..."
"What's the matter? What happened?"
Alicia had just taken a shower. As she tied the belt of her bathrobe, she walked into the living room.
"It's extremely terrible. Carlos is here."
Alicia suddenly stiffened, and her eyes darkened. "You told him?"
Ellie raised her hand, "I swear to God I had nothing to do with it."
"Then how did he find here?"
"How did I know that? I met him at the school gate, and I just told him what you said. I didn't expect he didn't believe it even Noah did. He deserves to be a profiteer, shrewd enough. "
Alicia walked to the window, opened the curtains, and saw a strange car through the gap. However, the person leaning by the car was very familiar.
"It seems that he has determined that you are here, and he is ready to sit around and wait."
Ellie lay on her shoulder, asserting firmly.
Alicia thought for a few seconds, then turned around and went into the bedroom. She changed her clothes, striding outwards.
"Hey, don’t be so spineless. Don’t forgive him so easily... Hey, Alicia, have you forgotten what he did to you..."
Ellie yelled at her back. However, Alicia seemed to be deaf and left.
Carlos stared at the woman walking towards him meaningfully, and straightened up the rocker slowly, putting out the cigarette in his hand.
Alicia stood in front of him, glanced at the scattered cigarette butts on the ground, and asked blankly, "What do you want to do?"
"Is your hand better?"
"Does it have anything to do with you? Who am I to you?"
Carlos lost his tongue because of her incisive words. He lit another cigarette.
"Tell me about your reason for coming here."
"I am worrying about you."
He told the truth, but she laughed sarcastically, "Do you really think a sweet can heal all my pain. Do you really think I will forget the hurt as long as you show your fake love to me? Carlos, I'm not a naive girl anymore. Don't cry crocodile tears."
"I know you are angry now..."
"So?" Alicia interrupted him, expecting him to say those three words.
"But I really didn't expect you to suffer from claustrophobia at the time."
"It's not surprising at all. You can treat me as a bet and give me to your friend, how could you remember what I was sick with."
"It's you who said that your pride is worthless."
"No matter how worthless it is, it doesn't mean that I don't need it. People like me who don't have much are not extravagant enough to throw away worthless things."
It was a sour atmosphere, and both of them fell silent, and no one spoke.
After a long time, Carlos broke the silence, "Go back with me."
"Don’t tell me that until you can really realize your fault."
Alicia turned around and left. At the moment she turned around, her face showed a wry smile. All she wanted to hear was a word of apology.
But the proud man refused to say anything about that.
When Noah came to find Alicia, it was just two days after Carlos found her.
Alicia didn't know why he knew that she didn't go on the trip. Anyway, no one confided to him, but he came to her.
When Alicia was about to go out to meet him, Ellie sitting on the sofa said sourly, "You are still as popular as before..."
Back then Alicia was a famous school baby in B University, and there were a lot of boys chased her.
In the midsummer night, a gentle breeze caressed them. It was refreshing and cool.
"Mr. Noah, do you want to see me about something?"
Noah grinned irritably, "You regard me as an outsider. We are strange enough." Seeing her hand be bandaged, he grabbed her and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
Alicia glanced at the second-floor window. Sure enough, she saw Ellie. Then she retracted her hand slowly and replied faintly, "Nothing."
"Have you quarreled with Carlos?"
"No."
"Then why do you live here?"
She sighed, "Noah, I know you like me, but I have already gotten married. No matter how much you care about me, it won’t help. Instead of wasting time on an impossible person, why can’t you look at other scenery around you?"
"What you can't get is always the best. If every time you ask me out, I promise, you won’t have this feeling of cherishing.”
Noah stepped forward in surprise, and asked inquiringly, "So, your refusal is just a way to attract me. It's not that you don't want to be with me, isn’t it?"
Alicia stroked her forehead and sighed. If it hadn't been for Carlos' existence, she wouldn't say so much to Noah.
"Of course not."
"What is not? It's not that you don't want to be with me?"
Noah misinterpreted her meaning deliberately. Seeing her eager to argue, he suddenly turned to be serious, and said solemnly, "Well, don't move. There seems to be something crawling on your head."
Alicia was startled. Before she realized what was going on, he lifted her face and pressed a deep kiss on her forehead.
Noah, driven by alcohol, did what he had always wanted to do. Even if he was slapped, he would not regret it.
Alicia was completely stunned, and was frightened by his sudden kiss. When she came back to her mind, she was indescribably embarrassed.
"If you don't slap me, then I will leave."
Noah raised a smile of satisfaction, and looked more energetic than before.
Someone was happy while another was angry. Carlos, who was sitting in the car at the moment, was so angry that he couldn't bear it. He slammed the car door, clenched his fists, walked quickly to Noah, and gave Noah a hard punch.
Noah's eyes went dark, and he fell to the ground.
Alicia screamed and yelled at Carlos angrily, "What's wrong with you? Come over at midnight for fight!"
"You also know it's midnight? What is he doing to you at midnight?"
Carlos received a punch from Noah as soon as he finished speaking. Now the war broke out. Two men fought hard for a woman. Alicia couldn't stop them at all.
Noah was a Sanda champion, while Carlos was also good at taekwondo. They were equal in strength, and both were hurt.
Seeing things getting worse, Alicia looked at the gap and squeezed in front of Noah, forcing Carlos to take his fist back.
"Stop! What gives you the right to beat other people? If you want to blame Noah for what he has done to me, think about what you have done to me first!"
Alicia was deliberately partial to Noah. After roaring, she took out the handkerchief from her pocket, turned around and wiped the blood stains on Noah's mouth gently.
Carlos watched this scene coldly, feeling uncomfortable. How much did she hate him that she wanted to make him upset in this way?
Frustration surrounded him tightly, and it was the first time that he was troubled for a woman after three years.
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