Chapter 40

"No, it really is her," I said faintly.

Lilac had supposedly returned home with her mother after several days. She was standing under a small kiosk by the roadside. She held a large umbrella above her as the rainwater splattered her short skirt, making her curves all the more apparent.

Lilac looked like a fake flower sprouting in the rain.

She placed her hands near her mouth again before yelling, "Felix!"

Felix saw her this time. Light glowed in his dark eyes. He ran out into the rain like an excited child, his white sneakers splashing in the dirty rainwater. "You're back, Lili."

Felix ran over and held Lilac in his arms. She giggled happily.

I stood there in the torrential rain, not even noticing that my umbrella was off-kilter. My heart felt numb.

Felix always managed to hurt me without so much as lifting a finger.

The wind and rain swirled around me cruelly. My heart was colder than the weather right now.

Lilac and Felix spoke to one another in the rain. Lilac giggled again