Julian looked at Riley with trepidation and took a step back to avoid his hand.
“You probably don’t know this yet, but Hesper and Rickard are back together now. They’re being lovey-dovey to each other now.” Riley took his hand back. “You’re, after all, just a brother to her, a spare who kept lingering by her side.”
“Shut up.”
Riley played with his hair. “I didn’t make that up. Will Ms. Rivera one day find out your feelings for her?”
Riley turned around and left after saying that, leaving Julian frowning on the spot.
Hesper and Rickard got back together? How could that be possible?
Julian shook his head. After all that happened in the past, all Rickard did to her, why would she choose to forgive him?
[Hesper: Don't you plan to come back in the near future?]
Julian looked down, and after a long pause, he replied.
[Julian: Yes, I have work to do. I heard that you've gotten back with Rickard, is that true?]
[Hesper: Gotten back? Who did you hear that from?]
Julian was relieved when he saw Hesper's reply. Riley just said that to provoke him. He knew after all that Hesper went through, there was no way she would fall for Rickard again…
[Hesper: But I found out recently that I've wrongly accused him of some things.]
She thought that Julian would give her some useful hints, but he just asked her about Rickard. She didn't understand why he would do that. If Julian really was controlled by someone, who would have told him about Rickard?
Hesper thought about it and realized that she didn't have a better means of communicating with him.
Nathaniel passed messages between them, and since she was no longer in contact with Nathaniel, that meant they could only text each other.
She sighed and looked out the window.
Summer rains always came out of nowhere. It was sunny before she came back, but now she heard thunder rolling and could see that the sky was turning dark.
Perhaps a storm would soon begin.
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