Chapter 2

On the way home, Ethan kept sending me messages apologizing.

"Aria, I really didn't mean to."

"Who told you that a few days ago when I was halfway through buying the tickets, that troublemaker Lily got drunk outside?"

"If I hadn't gone to get her, and something happened to her, you definitely would have resented me."

I remembered a few days ago, I was on the phone with him in the dorm.

Just as we were getting to the sweet part, the call suddenly cut off.

I sent him countless question marks, but they sank like stones in the sea.

Vaguely uneasy, I didn't even bother putting on shoes and ran toward his dorm.

On the way, a stone scraped off a large piece of skin from my foot, but I still limped forward through the pain.

Instead, I came face to face with him, his expression dark, carrying a completely wasted Lily in his arms.

He just brushed past me like that.

The cold wind cut through my nightgown, making me shiver.

Afterward, Lily took the iodine he'd given me and gently cleaned my wound.

"Aria, he was just afraid I'd be in danger outside and make you worry."

"To be honest, this guy was doing it for you!"

I opened my mouth several times, wanting to ask her.

Why did you call him when you were drunk?

Why, when you were in danger, did he ignore my existence?

But I still couldn't ask.

Lily's message popped up at that moment.

"Didn't you tell me you wanted to marry him after graduation?"

"Think of these few days as me doing a deep investigation for you."

"How about that? Pretty big sacrifice on my part, right?"

I stared at these lines of text—they were so glaring.

Just yesterday, I had crawled into her bed, hugged her, and fantasized about the future.

"Lily, you and Ethan are both important people in my life."

"After graduation, I'm going to marry him. You have to be my maid of honor!"

Lily's body stiffened in my arms, then relaxed.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely appear at the same wedding as you."

My eyes gradually moistened, tears slowly falling one by one.

I didn't reply individually. I just typed word by word in our group chat of three.

"Hope you guys have fun!"