"... I, I don't want to send her a love letter." Serena turned her head guiltily.
"Then you want me to help you?"
"Anabel is very much like Thirza. Thirza and I are so far away from each other. I just can't stop worrying about Thirza."
"Every time I see her, I will think of Thirza. So I can't refuse her when she asks me for help." Serena told the reason.
Avery never paid any attention to what that Anabel guy looked like. After the basketball match, he tore the letter into pieces without even taking a look at it.
Just now, all his attention was on Serena. How could he remember what she looked like?
He knew that Serena, who was cold and indifferent, cared only about her family, especially her sister, who was a little bit too active.
If it was for this reason, he would not be so angry. He gently scratched her nose with his finger.
"I will forgive you this time. If there is a next time, you'll wish you never had done it! Tell me honestly, if the director didn't come just now, what would
you have said?"
Serena's mind was full of entanglement at that time. She definitely did not want to agree, but Anabel was begging her.
"No, probably, because it's your own business."
"That's more like it. This is not my business, it's our business. I don't like there to be a third party."
"Avery, there's something you need to promise me."
"Go ahead. I'll promise you a million things if I have to." Avery was always so generous with her.
The way he agreed to it so quickly without any hesitation made Serena somewhat touched.
"I am still young, and now it is the so- called rebellious period because of adolescence. The love in my heart should be as determined as mommy and daddy's.
"Now I may not be able to make the right choice. I don't know what love is."
"Loving a person should be something that would last for a lifetime."
"If I said 'love' at an age where I don't even understand what love is, then I would be failing both you and myself."
"Mom also said that our engagement is nothing but a promise."
"If you don't love me or I don't love you, that agreement will be invalid."
Before Serena could finish, Avery interrupted her. "I was already sure of you before you were born. I can't possibly not love you."
"Avery, just let me finish, will you?"
"Alright, go on." Avery suppressed his emotions. He should have had a good chat with Serena a long time ago.
Serena sorted out her thoughts and continued, "This is just a what- if, okay? What if we find someone we truly love, the both of us? We should congratulate each other and give each other our blessings."
"Love couldn't be forced. It should be something arising out of sheer voluntary wills."
"I can't give you a promise now, so I hope that you can give me some time to figure out what kind of feelings I have for you."
"If I love you, our engagement will continue. If I don't, you have to let me go by the time I figure it all out."
Avery met her clear eyes and his hand tucked her messy hair. "Sometimes, I really hope that you won't be so rational, just like people of the same age as you."
Just like those little girls, whose hearts would start pounding as if boosted by adrenaline as soon as he set his eyes on them for the split of a second.
"I'm sorry, Avery."
"You don't have to say sorry to me. No matter what you did wrong, I won't blame you. It's just that my heart was in pain before."
"Then... then what should I do? I'll give you a massage." Serena stretched out her hand to rub his chest.
Avery held her hand and left. "It's getting late. Let's go home."
"Alright."
Serena and he got rid of their conflict. Just like before, Avery opened the door for her and they went back home."
"Tomorrow is the weekend, and we haven't had fun together for a long time. I'll give you a tour around the city," Avery proposed.
"Great, junior high is way more tiring than primary school." Serena felt less tightened with Avery.
A man stood not far away, watching Serena get in Avery's car. Avery even opened the door for her. What would they be doing at a time this late?
Addilyn's face was as cold as ice. She was the one who went to report to the teacher to sabotage the girl's plan but everything went right down south unexpectedly.
Avery didn't care about Anabel at all, but Serena!
Although she was known as the campus belle, Serena's appearance was far above hers, which made Addilyn gnash her teeth in anger.
"Little b*tch, you'll get what you deserve!"
No one could stop her from doing anything. Even though she did not know Avery's family's specific background, the luxurious limo and his expensive clothes could already prove how wealthy it must be.
"Just to imagine how much better my life would be if I were to become his girlfriend! And I would be able to immigrate! There's no way I'm giving up, even there's just the slightest chance!" Addilyn thought to herself.
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