Guangzhou lunch time on the same day. Yue's POV Having finished all the business meetings a day ago, we went to the local temples. After a long walk, we returned to the hotel already exhausted.
"I'm going to shower." I called out to the girls.
"Ok. I'll order food in the room."Said Annie.
"Yes, that would be a good idea. I don't have the strength to go out for lunch today." Jia answered and flopped down on the bed. Taking a quick shower and wearing comfortable clothes, I sat on the bed next to Jia. The girls were busy with their phones, I took mine and saw an unread message.
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Having read the first lines I understood, it seems nothing good is waiting for me. From only one awareness of the name of my fiance, I was terrified. Feeling like I was hit with something heavy, thrown out of reality. I looked at each word as if I had just learned to read, my mind was blank , my brain stopped functioning, I read every word several times and did not understand anything.....
Then suddenly I felt a panic, my heart began to beat so fast as if I ran ten floors up the stairs.
How come? Dylan? Is this Dylan? Why is he, among millions of people ... why should it be him? I ran my eyes over the text again and the tears began to flow freely.
Me what? Betrayed? I looked at the girls, all their words and glances came to my head ... sometimes their strange behavior. The realization came that all this time I was deceived. I was deceived by my friends, deceived by my parents, deceived as it seemed to me by my new friends and in the end the person who I like ... again. For what? What's wrong with me?
I quickly got up and before anyone noticed anything, I went to my room, wiping away tears, which never stopped rolling down my cheeks. Buried into a pillow, I burst into tears, after four minutes Annie knocked on my door. "Yue go to eat until everything is cold." She called.
"Mhmmm." I mumbled with hope that she would leave quickly. I opened the window and took a few deep breaths, the cool air penetrated deep into my lungs, bringing me calm and refreshed my thoughts. I stood at the huge window in the room, peering into the urban view and forgetting myself in my thoughts.
I suddenly twitched in fright when Jia's hand tapped me on the shoulder.
"What are you doing, are you ok? " she asked with concern in her eyes. Jia looked into my face when I did not turn in her direction, but I continued to look out the window.
"Have you been crying?" She asked with a frown.
"I know everything."I answered her quietly. And I was sure that she understood me by the way she sighed.
"Did you... did you talk to Di ? Yue, you should know that he wanted to tell you from the very beginning, but he was afraid, and I understand him." I just smirked bitterly . "Do not make decisions without considering everything."She added. When did you find out? I asked her, still looking somewhere in the distance. Jia was silent.
"Just answer me ... when did you find out that he was ...?" lump formed in my throat, not letting me say a word, my lips trembled and tears flowed from my eyes. A few minutes of silence ...
I already knew that she most likely knew everything from the very beginning.
"I found out at the same time that Dylan found out about it." She said faintly.
"When? When exactly?" I asked again this time turning to face her. Jia stood tugging at her hands.
"That evening ... that evening when you went to the bar after a quarrel with your parents."
I laughed bitterly and wiped the tears from my cheeks.
" oh ok, from the very beginning you had fun at me."
"No No no. Yue We did not make fun of you. We were all worried about you and Dylan."
"JiaQi , Yue !! where have you gone? The food is getting cold." Annie said coming to us.
"I suddenly lost my appetite." With these words, I took out my suitcase and began to collect things.
"What's the matter? Where are you going?" she asked and looked puzzled at me and Jia.
"She found out." Jia told her.
"Yes. I found out. And it's good that now and not on the wedding day." I replied with sadness.
"You don't understand Yue ..." Annie started. "He had a reason. He is afraid of losing you. And we wanted to help him prevent it."
"And what will I feel? did you think about it?"
"Yue He loves you."
"Huh?!!What? Who!" I grinned sarcastically and showed them the message. They both gasped.
" I'm sorry , Yue. I ... I did not want ... I did not know ..." began whining Jia.
Annie came up to me and hugged me. "Yue, believe me, it's all a lie. And I know who sent it. We will deal with this. But the only thing I ask you about is not to make hasty decisions. Just imagine yourself in his place. Imagine that the person who you like hates you and thinks that you are the fault of his misfortunes. While he has done nothing wrong so that you can relate to him like that, he is essentially in the same position as you. The only difference is that he learned that you are his bride. And the fact that he liked you even before he found out about it. You like him too, it's obvious that your feelings are mutual and that they grow."
I listened to everything Annie said and understood that she was right.
"Only you do not allow yourself to fall in love."
"I know." I said, and burst into tears sat on the floor. Jia and Annie sat down next to me.
"We can fly home today." They said and hugging me whispered that everything will be fine.
But I have already decided everything for myself....
