MasukGiselle felt as if her heart had dropped to her stomach.She forced herself to calm down and asked, "What is it?""My friend's birthday is in a few days, and I want to bring Charlotte there with me."Giselle's smile faded abruptly. When they'd patched things up before, he'd agreed that he would keep his distance from Charlotte. Why had he mentioned her again despite that?Giselle disliked Charlotte from the bottom of her heart, but she was afraid that if she reacted too violently, it would trigger another argument with Jonathan.Therefore, she tried her best to suppress her emotions as she asked, "Why do you want to bring her with you?""Charlotte is a student who needs support. I just pity her and want to help. She'll have more options if she has more friends. I know I promised you that I'd keep my distance from her, but don't worry. I'm just bringing her there, and there won't be much of an opportunity for us to interact with each other."Jonathan spoke very sincerely. He se
Giselle wasn't very interested. She quietly took out her phone and started messaging Jonathan. Giselle: "It should still be nighttime back home right now. Have you gone to bed?"Jonathan: "Not yet. I miss you so much that I can't sleep."Jonathan was being cheeky again. However, it didn't stop Giselle from falling for it. Chester could see what she was doing very clearly from his position on the stage.The place was packed with people, but he was still able to immediately spot Giselle in the crowd. Her long, dark hair was loose around her shoulders, and her head was lowered. She seemed to be fiddling with her phone.She was smiling sincerely at something she'd just seen. It bothered him slightly. Still, Chester quickly looked away and began his lecture. When it came to the quiz after, he did not choose Giselle because he knew that she hadn't listened to his talk at all. If he called her out, it would only embarrass her. That was not what Chester wanted.Therefore, he s
When Giselle and her roommate rushed to the venue, it was already packed with people.There hadn't even been that many people at orientation night. It was a good thing that the university had prepared in advance so that the venue could accommodate as many people as possible.However, there were still so many people that some of them could only stand at the back.Giselle's roommate took her hand and squeezed through the crowd with difficulty. She put in a great deal of effort and finally managed to squeeze to the front."It's a good thing I planned things in advance and had someone save us seats. Otherwise, we'd be the ones standing at the back right about now."Giselle and her roommate were seated in the fourth row. It was neither too near nor too far, and it was just right. As the talk had not yet begun, there was a loud hubbub of voices. Serican and Anterican were being spoken, but Giselle could understand all of them with ease.Almost everyone in the hall was discussing
Chester eventually received the news that Jonathan had indeed been getting very close to Charlotte and that things between them did seem romantically ambiguous, but nothing had actually happened yet.It was not enough to convict Jonathan of anything. To a woman who was still in love with him, all he had to do was soften his tone and placate her properly. She would then choose to forgive and stay with him.That was not the end that Chester wanted. He wanted Giselle to dump Jonathan, which was why he needed proof of Jonathan cheating. That was the only way he could make Giselle give up on Jonathan completely. So what if they were childhood friends? He would still be dumped after making an immoral mistake.Giselle was not the type of person who would settle.Chester had always been very accurate in his judgment of people. …At the beginning of November, Giselle's university held a special guest lecture. Chester was one of the influential figures who had been invited.When
As soon as Charlotte's name popped up, Jonathan's brow furrowed at once.The words slipped out of his mouth before he could think better of it. "Have you been monitoring me?"Giselle hadn't expected Jonathan to react this way.Her throat tightened, and she closed her eyes. "You posted those photos to your feed. Do I need to have you monitored?""Gigi, it's not what you think." Jonathan was not flustered at all. He said, "You're my girlfriend. Charlotte is just an ordinary friend."Why would he bring an ordinary friend to his private gatherings?Why would he neglect Giselle's feelings for an ordinary friend? Why would he financially support an ordinary friend? There were countless accusatory questions on the tip of Giselle's tongue, but they were forced down when Jonathan abruptly said that he was busy and couldn't talk any longer. When she heard the beeping of a disconnected call, the light that had just shone in Giselle's eyes died once more. She looked like a walking zo
When Chester uttered the words, he looked perfectly relaxed.He could even be described as indifferent, though he did not seem to be joking at all.He had congratulated Giselle because Jonathan was about to get a new girlfriend.Giselle's heart had been bruised and battered already, and it felt as if the wounds had burst open and started bleeding once more.Giselle turned noticeably paler. She did not even have any appetite for the steak the waiter served her. She held her knife and fork, looking distracted. Chester said, "Ms. Stone, perhaps you can call him to verify this."Giselle lowered her eyes then. She had cried all the tears she had over the past few days, and she had no more tears left to spill."I called him many times, but he didn't answer even once."Giselle herself was astonished at how she was exposing her vulnerable side to a strange man. Perhaps she'd been feeling too stressed recently and had no one to turn to. Giselle managed to persuade herself that this







