Elaine frowned, "Mark, take your time. I was told by the principal to talk to Emmett about the school yesterday. Then, Franklin called and told me what happened to your family, and I brought it up to Emmett. He promised to help you."
Mark sneered, "He'll help me? It's all because of him, and now he pretends to be a good person in front of you? Elaine, don't be so naïve. Emmett is sophisticated. It's better for you not to get involved with him anymore."
Mark was speaking ill of her future husband ... Elaine could not help but put on a long face and said,
"Mark, please don't say that about Emmett. He is my boyfriend. I don't want others to talk about him like that in front of me. Mark, believe it or not, Emmett helped you. Alright. If there's nothing else, I'll leave you alone."
Mark froze. He thought that he misheard, so he grabbed Elaine's arm and said, "Elaine!"
"What? Is there anything else?"
"Didn't you ... break up with him? Why...?"
'Why did he become your boyfriend again?'
Elaine blinked, and Emmett's face came to her mind. She couldn't help but smile sweetly, "Well, we ... didn't really mean it. Now we're back together. Emmett also said that he'd love to meet my friends and buy them dinner someday. You can come, too. Mark ... what's wrong? Do you have a headache? Are you alright? "
Elaine noticed that Mark turned pale. He seemed to have a headache, closing his eyes and placing his hand on his forehead, and swaying.
"No, it's fine ... I'm fine." Mark opened his eyes. He felt like that everything changed. He looked at the innocent girl in front of him with sadness, and his heart ached. He couldn't say anything. Leaving Elaine behind, he just turned around and strode away.
(⊙_⊙) Elaine knew that Mark liked her, so he would be disappointed to know that she and Emmett were back together. However, she couldn't understand why Mark was acting like that.
Elaine was too innocent to know how such a conceited, reserved man like Mark expressed his sadness. She had thought that Mark would shout, stamp, or something like that.
Elaine shrugged and walked in the direction of the classroom building.
Just as she was about to go upstairs, she saw a familiar figure.
It was cold, and she only wore a long white sweater with her neck exposed and a pair of Leggings.
You could tell that she was sad from her back.
'I think I know her?' Elaine thought for a moment. Then, she ran over out of curiosity. When seeing who it was, Elaine smiled.
"Mandy? It's you! No wonder you looked familiar."
It was Mandy, the girl who kept making sketches on the square.
Mandy looked up at Elaine. She was confused, "Elaine? Why are you here? It's been a long time since we met."
"Right. I'm here because I'm a student of Irvine University. I haven't worked in Y Nightclub for a long time, so I didn't pass that square or see you again."
Mandy smiled warmly and held Elaine's hand, "Elaine, I haven't been painting in that square recently. Instead, I went abroad to rest."
"That's good. Are you feeling better now?"
Elaine kept talking, like a happy, cute squirrel.
Mandy looked at Elaine with mixed feelings.
"Elaine, let's go out someday. I want to relax in the surrounding suburbs. What do you think? I've no idea who can come with me. Only you."
Elaine felt so honored.
...
Mandy was a girl who had big ego. Usually, she wouldn't ask anybody out. That she asked Elaine to come with her meant that she saw something in Elaine.
"No problem. Any day. I can skip classes and catch up when we're back. As you know, the most important thing for an art student is his painting skills."
Mandy nodded and stood up, "Alright. I have to go. I'll call you."
"Okay! Let me walk you out, Mandy?"
"Don't bother. Go to class. We'll be in touch."
"Okay! Call me!" Elaine stood under the tree and grinned. She looked so pure and innocent.
Jennet was sitting in her seat in the classroom and doing ink wash painting. Seeing Elaine, Jennet said with a brush in her hand,
"Hey, why are you so late? You can't sleep late every day, can you? Are you that lazy? You didn't do physical labor at night, right? Why do you sleep so much?"
Elaine blushed.
She didn't do physical labor, but what she did was also exhausting.
Emmett wanted her so bad, and she was drained last night.
"I have a cold, so I sleep a lot."
Elaine said evasively and quickly took out her things.
"Have you seen the latest entertainment news?"
"I never watch those things. The entertainment industry is the chaotic, and there is no real thing."
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