Chapter 96 "How They Hurt Him"

“NO! WHAT I REALLY HATE THE MOST IS THAT YOU SIMPLY BELIEVED IT WITHOUT ASKING ME. I REALLY DON’T WANT ERIC TO MISUNDERSTOOD MY RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE ELSE!”

After Jane shouted, there was an immense silence inside the apartment.

The two of them looked at each other in shock.

‘Shoot. I said something that can create another misunderstanding,’ Jane said in her mind.

‘Did she just say that out of many people, she doesn't want me to think that she’s dating Lance? Why? It almost sounds like a…’

Love confession.

Yes. It sounded like that.

‘No. It cannot be that way. I should not expect from this,’ Eric told himself. His ears turned hot red.

Jane avoided his gaze. Breathing out for a second, she said, “W-We’re friends. We spent a lot of t-time together when we were in college. If there’s someone who knows me the best, it’s you. That’s what I m-mean.”

Eric’s hunched shoulders began to relax.

‘See? I told you not to expect anything,’ he sadly said in his head.

“I would never d-date my b