Riches in Disguise

I was taken aback as I heard Oliver read out those messages. The forgotten past rushed back to my mind. In fact, those messages were all sent later on.

By then, Lina had already started seeing Joshua, and she began to distance herself from me, constantly lashing out at me.

At the time, I hadn't noticed the change-only that she always seemed to be in a bad mood.noveldrama

When Lina and I first got together, things were sweet. However, it was all in the past now.

I glanced at Lina indifferently. I had long given up on her.

Yet, Lina couldn't bring herself to meet my gaze. She just stared off in another direction, lost in thought.

I didn't want to hear any more of those messages, so I spoke up. "There's no need to read any further. Before you do, you should check the dates."

"Huh? The dates?" Oliver looked closely and froze. "These messages are from five months ago? Dorian, it seems he hasn't sent any messages to your girlfriend since about four months ago."

Dorian frowned and took the phone, scrolling through it. Sure enough, there were no new messages.

Lina's face fell. "That's because I deleted the later messages! Dorian, these messages are enough to prove how much he loved me!"

Dorian didn't respond. He wasn't a fool. He was a man too. He knew that if a man truly loved a woman, he couldn't resist reaching out to her. The fact that there had been no contact meant only one thing I no longer loved her.

At this point, the truth was clear to everyone. Just as I was about to give my final word, Crystal suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the door.

"This circus can end now. Dorian, I'll spare you and not expose the ugly truth about your lowlife woman. You handle it yourself."

As Crystal dragged me out, I heard a loud slap, followed by Lina's agonized scream behind me. I paused for a moment, but before I could react, Crystal had yanked me outside.

Just as I intended to apologize to Crystal and thank her, she turned her back without even looking at me. It seemed she was angry.

If she was angry, so be it. Hopefully, it would be enough to make her stop coming around and bothering me. I would be eternally grateful then.

The reason I came to Pelagos Estates today was to handle James' family's move- in. Now that the task was done, I took a taxi back to my dorm.

The next morning, I slept in a little. By the time I got to the dining hall, Benjamin and the others had already left for class. I slowly made my way to a seat, ordered a bowl of oatmeal and began sipping it while opening Felicia's chat window.

She had texted me goodnight around 2:00 am the night before-Felicia must be training really hard.

As I hesitated, wondering whether to message her and risk disturbing her, a familiar figure appeared in front of me again.