7Zaid didn't let me down at all. The next week, he made great use of the key I gave him and moved in with all his luggage. He filled my refrigerator and cabinet with food.He even bought a beautiful lunch box and fulfilled his promise to prepare lunch for me to carry to the company every day.He showed his cooking skills through the different kinds of lunch food he prepared for me. When I took out the lunch box at lunchtime in the company, my colleagues were all amazed. "Lillian, you have so much energy to cook for yourself!"The leader walked past. I was afraid that he would mistake something so I hurriedly said, "I don't have the time. My boyfriend prepared this for me.""How lucky you are!"Lucky?I picked up a piece of eggplant and was in a trance for a moment.The longer Zaid and I were together, the more I knew that our fragile relationship that started from sex from the very beginning would not last forever.I was eight years older than Zaid.He was not even born when
9I kept both Zaid and the photo wall he prepared in my room.For a long time after the selection competition, the school didn't prohibit students from living outside. As such, Zaid moved in with me. He was with me almost every night. Only when he had full classes to take the next day would he reluctantly say goodbye to me after dinner the night before.One night, when he went to wash the dishes in the kitchen, I saw a message on his phone that he had left on the table. I couldn't help glancing over and reading it.Maya Jacklin: [Then I'll wait for you at the canteen tomorrow morning.]I lowered my gaze to stare at the fruit tray in silence. Somewhere in my heart ached.I clearly remembered that Tucker had told me before that there was a senior who had pursued Zaid for a long time, and her name was Maya Jacklin."Lilly, jobs are done here."Zaid came out of the kitchen and walked over as he shook the water droplets off his hands. He picked up his phone from the table before typ
11A few days later while I was working on a tight deadline, I received a call from an unknown number."Lillian Cheslin, we need to talk..."I frowned. "Xander Harris?""Yes, Lilly, your parents contacted me last night, and they didn't want you to break up with me either." Xander had purposely softened his voice on the phone, but there was still a lingering pride in his tone. "I was just doing silly things. I have made it clear to Scarlett that I won't contact her again. Let's get married next year, okay?"I held the phone more tightly without saying anything.I could imagine how my parents belittled me in front of him and even begged him for forgiveness last night.From their point of view, that was how the world worked. Even if Xander had cheated on and betrayed me, I could only marry him because I had lived with him for four years."My parents' views don't represent mine. We have broken up," I said coldly, "and I have work to do. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."Xand
13I knew I had been tricked. Stunned briefly, I pulled a long face and intended to leave.But my father shouted from behind me, "Stop right there!"So he pretended to be sick and asked me to go home. His purpose was to make me go on a blind date.According to them, one guy was the son of my mother's high school classmate. He had just finished his postgraduate study and became a local civil servant in our hometown, which gave him a promising future.My parents knew Xander and I couldn't get together again, so they made great efforts to persuade this civil servant to meet me. The latter had agreed to have a meal with me and give us a chance to us to know each other.I leaned against the wall and looked at my parents coldly. "I have a boyfriend."My father slammed his chopsticks on the table."Xander has told me about that. Your boyfriend is a college student, too much younger than you. Lillian Cheslin, you're so shameless. Your mother and I feel ashamed for you!"I felt a sharp
15After dealing with such an emergency, I was physically and mentally exhausted. My talks with Zaid came to an ending.We went to a hotel nearby and decided to spend the night there.When I came out of the bathroom, Zaid had been sitting upright on the chair and waiting for me with a serious look. "Miss Cheslin, we need to talk."I thought he was going to break up with me.I walked over and sat opposite him, waiting quietly for his decision.Unexpectedly, Zaid started talking about the first time we met. "I carried my ID card with me because I had an information registration that morning, not because I took girls to hotels often."He mentioned the detail I cared about. I realized that Yuna had betrayed me.His ears turned slightly pink as he coughed unnaturally to hide his shyness. He turned his head away."I just want to clarify the misunderstanding. Miss Chair, I was serious from the very beginning.""But Zaid, that was our first meeting.""No." He shook his head. "The fi
My boyfriend was a stand-up comedian.I blocked his phone number after we broke up, but I didn't expect that he would approach me on Twitter with a strange account.Him: [Hey, bro, do you want to be a millionaire overnight?]I was a little confused when I saw the rose emoji [Who are you?]Him: [Sorry, I'm David from New York...]Me: [You'd better delete your bio the next time you're about to do an internet scam on someone, Joel Williams.]1The first time I met Joel was at a stand-up comedy show.He was the comedian and I was the audience.He came out last and spent ten minutes on stage telling jokes about single people.His script was so well written that the audience was amused by him. And I was the only one sitting upright with a stern face.The day before I came to the show, I had just broken up with my ex-boyfriend who I had been in love for almost six months.He told me that I was too "tough". He said his ideal girlfriend should be a girl who knew how to act cute.I
3Although he was caught in disguise by me, he was not embarrassed at all. Instead, he asked me directly, "Why do you block my number?""You know why, don't you?" I was being sarcastic. "Because I was still contacting my ex at that time and I just took you as a second line. Now I've lost interest in you so it's time to break up."Joel sent me a meme.It was a duck picture with words on it, "You're just mad at me. You still love me."I stared at the picture and couldn't help laughing out loud.Then Joel sent me another text.[I'm sorry, Carolyn, I shouldn't say that earlier. But there must be another reason why you broke up with me. Just tell me why you blocked me and didn't even give me a chance to explain to you.]My fingers trembled a little. Feeling a sharp pain in my heart, I almost drop my phone.When I came back to my senses, I had tears in my eyes.I wiped my tears with my hands and then texted him back. [I saw you get into that woman's car that night."It was a viole
6I texted Julia to invite her to come to my house and have a drink with me.We drank beer. But I drank a lot and got a little drunk.Julia rested her head on her hands and asked, "Is there a possibility that Joel has an affair with that Maserati woman?""To be honest, I had doubts about it too. But after I saw him several times later, I didn't think so."Julia was surprised. "Then why did you break up with him?""It's a sooner-or-later thing."I shook the bottle gently and watched the light reflected by the bottle."Joel has now entered the entertainment industry. He and Selena's ship "Jolena" is very popular on the show and has a particularly large fan base. This is something that everyone wants to see, and it will keep him further away from me."Julia just stared at me, trying to say something. It took her a long time to say what she wanted."Have you ever thought about telling him all your concerns? You can tell him what you want exactly."I was silent for a long time.