Chapter 3

“Linda , why didn't you wait for me? ”

Jack was late this morning. After class, he came over and put a bottle of milk on my desk.

I stopped writing vocabulary and looked at the milk bottle.

“I've already had breakfast. ; I'll come to school early.”

Jack sat next to me. He looked confused. “I haven't messed with you lately. We've always walked together.”

“Not anymore.” I put my pen down, took a deep breath, smiled, and said, “You have a girlfriend now, so let's stay away from each other.”

He looked shocked.

“I do mind.”

I told him, “I don't want to be the target when your relationship goes wrong.”

Jack is bad-tempered and impatient. After talking to me so much, I guess he's had enough.

His face went cold and he got up violently.

The chair hit the floor with a loud thud, followed by a sentence.

“Whatever.”

I hung my head and closed my eyes.

Last night I sat on the balcony blowing in the wind. Should I hide my feelings for him?

Was this the end of our childhood love?

No girl wants her boyfriend has female friends.

After that day, Jack ignored me, even when we met in the corridor.

The girl who used to be by his side changed to Melanie, and he introduced Melanie to everyone.

Melanie was his first love.

I listened to their love story like everyone else

There's a sportsman who likes Melanie. A few days ago, he blocked her in the alley. Jack beat him up.

I'm top of my grade again.

My teacher said to leave Jack alone or it would affect my studies.

Jack's family is rich. School is not important to him.

After school, I looked out the window at the sunset.

“Linda , where do you want to go to university?”

After a hot, dry evening, Jack sat next to me. He tickled my hair and spoke carelessly.

I said, “North City University.”

“It's far away.”

I didn't tell him I wanted to go to North City University because it was a top school, but because I wanted to escape.

My dad cheated on my mother when he got rich.

My mother said he didn’t love her because I’m a girl.

She would cry at night, asking why I wasn't a boy.

She later gave birth to a son.

My father returned to family briefly, they only loved my brother.

I wanted to get away from home.

Jack said he’d protect me forever, so I’d go anywhere with him.

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