There were tall plants on both sides of the road, and they scattered the sunlight beautifully.
Looking at the scene, Michelle was dazzled by its beauty.
She narrowed her eyes when she saw the man that she had been in love with three years ago. Leon was no longer carrying her on his back, and there was already another woman with him, wearing a light green dress.
Michelle was holding Berry's arm, so when she stopped, Berry did too. Berry turned around and saw that Michelle's expression was paler than before.
"Mimi, what's the matter with you? Why do you look so dull?" Berry asked in a concerned voice.
"Nothing." Berry's question pulled Michelle back to reality, making her force a smile to assure her that she was okay. "Why don't we wait for Nini?"
"Okay." Without thinking too much, Berry looked at the man walking in front of them and asked, "Leon? Who's that woman next to him?"
Hearing that, Michelle blurted out, "Valerie."
"That's Valerie?" Shocked, Berry tried to rub her eyes and look again, but the woman was already gone. "Are you serious? Is that really her?"
"Yep, that's definitely her. Her favorite color is light green." Saying that, Michelle was about to think of the past, but Berry's words interrupted her thoughts.
"You know Valerie?" Berry asked, unable to recover from the shock. "It's just as I thought!"
"I met her once," Michelle replied absent-mindedly.
"If you've only met her once, how do you know that her favorite color is light green?" Berry asked, rolling her eyes at her as she wondered about the nature of the relationship between Leon and Valerie.
'Didn't Valerie say that she hated Leon and elope with another man? Why are they walking like a couple in love, laughing and talking happily?
Where is that man that Valerie left Leon for? Why would he even allow them to hang out in private like a couple?' Berry wondered.
Michelle couldn't tell what was on her mind. Her mind was in a mess like the slice of strawberry cake that had been knocked over and fallen onto the ground back then.
"She told me that Leon likes seeing her in light green dresses as they look good on her," she said in a low voice.
"Why did she even tell you that?" Berry asked. She had always hated Valerie, not because she dumped Nina's brother, but because she simply looked down upon her.
Valerie was the one who had seduced Leon, and then she had left him for another man. But the others thought that Leon was the one harassing her.
Thinking of that, Berry glared with contempt. She couldn't help but despise Valerie. "Is something wrong with Valerie's head? Why would she tell you that the first time she met you? Was she trying to declare that Leon was his? By the way, why did you even meet her?"
'So she was declaring Leon was his, huh?'
Michelle thought to herself. She did not believe that was the reason, and she felt that what Valerie said that day made sense.
However, she reminded herself that it was all in the past, and that she should forget about it.
"Don't think too much about it," Michelle replied with a grin.
That moment, Nina walked to them after parking her car and asked, "Why are you two standing here?"
"Nini! There is a tree right next to us, offering us shade, so we thought we'd wait for you right here," Michelle said in a joyous tone as she hugged Nina.
"Well, you can get better shade indoors," Nina teased as she took a step forward. Then, they all took the same path as Leon and Valerie.
"Nina, what's going on between your brother and Valerie? Mimi and I just saw them walking together, like a happy couple. Did they get back together?" Berry could not help but ask.
Michelle kept her eyes glued to the ground, but she was all ears.
'Is Leon dating Valerie?
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