“What do you want to talk about? Spit it out already!” said Mila as both of them arrived at a park.
“I’ll be frank with you. It’d honestly be better for me if you broke up with Gerald. I won’t hide the fact that I do indeed, love him, and I’ve tried to gain his affection on multiple occasions!” said Giya.
Miya simply looked to the side without saying anything.
“However, it’s exactly because I love him that I can see how loyal he is to you. I’m not making any of this up either. His feelings for you have remained unchanged from the very beginning. No matter how much I’ve tried to earn his affection, he simply ignored every one of my advances. This is just my two cents, but if you do end up breaking up just because of some misunderstanding about our relationship, he’ll definitely experience extreme grief. He really is a kind man who likes helping people out, you know? Even the engagement was just him helping me out. He hasn’t done anything to wrong you!” explained Giya as she looked at Mila.
After that, Giya elaborated more about what Gerald and her had been doing throughout Mila’s absence.
It was honestly beyond Mila’s expectations. To think that so many things had happened to Gerald during that period of time.
However, Mila was honestly slightly jealous and irked by the fact that Gerald had helped Giya so many times.
After thinking about it for a little while longer, however, she realized that Gerald really hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I kind of get what you mean now. Do you mean to say that you’ve experienced much more with Gerald compared to what I have?” asked Mila.
“In no way had I meant to indicate that. However, since you’ve said it like that, why don’t you look at it this way? During your time together with Gerald, what exactly have you done for him? Where were you when Gerald was facing his own difficulties?”
Giya had meant no harm with her words. She honestly just wanted to talk it out with Mila.
‘What… have I done for Gerald? Where was I when Gerald was facing his own difficulties…?’
The two questions made Mila speechless.
Initially, Mila had just felt that their relationship still had a long way to go since Gerald was still pretty straightforward and insensitive romance-wise. However, she had never considered how she herself hadn’t been doing anything for Gerald.
Gerald on the other hand, had constantly been helping and taking good care of her.
Not once had she given anything back to him. What more, she had even misunderstood him and was unwilling to hear his explanation despite having returned unannounced this time.
In fact, he had probably left earlier since he was still busy. She had been a mere distraction to him all this time!
After chatting for a while longer, Mila and Giya parted ways.
Back at home, Mila locked herself in her bedroom the entire afternoon, unwilling to even chat with her friends. She was feeling rather depressed by her new realization.
Her actions made Molly and the others extremely worried.
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