33: Confirmed

I swallowed hard, trying to keep my composure in spite of the painful lump in my throat. "So you don't want to be friend with me nor talk to me this close anymore. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes," he said icily. He's indeed heartless.

"After you asked me for lunch, after you asked me to be your date in the ball, after showing so much concern to me, after you went out with me today, you would cut the ties just like that?" I asked through gritted teeth but with controlled voice. I could barely contain the trembling of my lips.

"It was all out of pity, Eve. I asked you to be my date on the ball because I knew no one will."

Fuck.

"You could have just left me alone, then. You shouldn't have meddled in my life on the first place if you only planned to throw me out whenever you'd want to."

He growled. "I'm not throwing you out. This is for the best, Everleigh. You should just let it go."

I smirked and clenched my fist on my side. "Of course. D