He was stunned just hearing that name again. He hadn’t heard from her for months.
He felt a sudden excruciating pain in his heart.
After all, he had been a couple with Xavia for two years. His memories at Mayberry University mostly consisted of both of them being together. However, she had severely hurt his feelings. At one point, Gerald felt only resentment toward her.
After he revealed his identity as Mr. Crawford to her, he became quite cold toward Xavia.
She received such a great blow from that, that she dropped out of university.
Since that happened, any resentment he had for her ceased to exist.
He was instead filled with self-reproach.
In the past, he had nothing. Yet Xavia didn’t dislike him for that. She still chose to be with him.
They had their meals together, and even went shopping together.
While it was true that Xavia had changed in the end, she was much better compared to Alice and the others.
After all, she hadn’t been disgusted with him for being poor. That was what touched Gerald back then since most girls naturally preferred rich partners.
His coldness back then literally ruined her future, to the point where she could not even complete her studies at the university.
Gerald had pondered before about getting someone to look for Xavia. If he was able to find her, he could provide her with a job that had a steady income and good prospects. He would be able to rest much easier if he knew she could still sustain herself.
However, Gerald gave up on that idea because he felt that she would hate him even more if she ever found out.
“What kind of response even is that? Are you happy? Excited? Or maybe you’re just blaming yourself in your head now?” Felicity asked curiously.
“How is she now? Is she doing well?” asked Gerald, ignoring her question.
“Oh, you don’t have to worry about her. Honestly, she’s doing great! She’s living such a good life that it’ll definitely be beyond your expectations. Before we parted ways, she told me that she’ll return to Mayberry one day to retrieve what she’s lost there!”
“She had quite a scary expression on her face as she said that. When I asked her about it, she didn’t say anything else regarding the matter. Speaking of which, Gerald, why did Xavia drop out of university?”
Back then, Xavia had told her to pass a message to Gerald. Felicity, however, was uninterested in anything related to Gerald so she simply kept the message to herself.
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