Then, she had ventured a casual inquiry—since it wouldn’t do for her to press too hard on such details.
Sure enough, Gerard had been chatting up another woman!
Mila’s heart was wracked with sorrow, as though something had been stolen right out of her own heart. In this short time, she’d gotten used to having Gerard around, always being there for her.
Now, she had to share his attention with another girl.
She wasn’t happy about this, but she didn’t say so outright. Instead, she’d made inquiries as to who she was, how pretty she must be… hints to let Gerard know that she was absolutely furious now!
What happened next? Gerard began talking about what a wonderful, gentle soul she was!
Grrr… Was she to stand there and take this?
Every message she had sent after that had been dripping with acid. Hinting that he was just a bro to her… she had only said that to get back at him a little. Then she went on asking about the other woman, saying that she’d really like to meet her.
Then she had deleted him and vehemently slammed her handphone against the wall, so hard that it shut off!
“What’s wrong, Mila? Are you okay?” her roommate asked in worry.
“I’m fine! Good night!” Mila buried her head under the blanket.
“We’re sorry, but the device you’re trying to reach is currently offline…” Despite numerous attempts, Gerard still couldn’t get through.
What on earth was going on with Mila?
He was just a little crestfallen. After all that hard work, he had almost been ready to believe that he really had a chance with Mila, but then… sigh!
Time for bed. Forget about all this nonsense.
The next morning, Gerard went to the cafeteria to have breakfast with Harper and Benjamin.
Bam! Mila slapped her chopsticks down onto the table, and hissed, “Is everyone finished? Let’s get out of here!”
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