32. Lying with the truth

Liking is reflective. Liking is involuntary. Liking is unreasonable. Liking is voluntary.

After everything, liking is reasonable. You can't choose who you like. Sometimes, it just clicks. Maybe unconsciously, you start liking someone and then realise suddenly. And then you know, you start to fall in love. No matter how much you want to stop this, the train never stops at any station and finally reaches its destination.

Falling in love is like falling asleep. You just do fall. You can stay awake but finally, you have to admit it.

But these are wonderful feelings. Not everyone experiences this. When you do, you will know.

Lia also knew at this moment. Because it just struck to her when Aster spoke about his future wife.

She wanted to be the one who took away the book he read when he fell asleep. She wanted to make sure he was safe. She liked him.

That's just her liking part.

But what about her reality? Let's imagine everything is solved in the end, then what? She had to separate from