Giya herself seemed to have lied to her parents.
Knowing this, Gerald found it increasingly awkward to keep up the façade. Hence, he was now trying to find an excuse to leave already.
When she saw this, Giya held on to Gerald’s arm intimately before saying, “Mom, Dad, I’ll be seeing him off first. I can handle it so both of you can just stay here!”
After saying that, both of them then walked out of the hall together.
Once the hotel’s entrance was within sight, Gerald immediately said, “It’s high time you returned my cell phone to me!”
Earlier, Gerald had constantly looked at his phone while he was chatting with the others. To preserve the image of intimacy between him and Giya, the other Quarringtons had temporarily confiscated his phone.
They added that he shouldn’t be playing with his phone so that he could focus more on chatting properly with them.
Gerald hadn’t said anything about it at the time.
After that, they continued chatting for a little while longer and having their meal, it soon led to the current situation.
“Now what kind of tone is that?” replied Giya as she placed the phone in Gerald’s hand, her other arm still locked together with his.
“Why did you switch my phone off…?” said Gerald helplessly as he tried to retract his arm.
However, she refused to let him go. Her charming face clearly reflected her stubbornness and reluctance to part with him.
After all, Giya had agreed that after today, both of them would cease to have any form of relationship with each other. At best, they could only remain as friends.
How could Giya be willing to simply accept that?
Despite knowing why she wasn’t letting go, Gerald didn’t want to continue retaining such an ambiguous relationship with her. This was why he was being so firm and resolute with the matter.
“I don’t want to let go!” said Giya.
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