His girlfriend? “Katie, are you breaking up with me?” Nathan’s voice sounded hoarse. Kate tugged Jared closer and shot a provoking look at Nathan. “I’ll officially introduce to you my boyfriend, Jared.”
Pained, Nathan voiced out, “I don’t have anything to do with Melanie.” However, she merely responded, “I don’t care who you’re with or who you’re not with!”
Nathan had a tormented look on his face as he clutched his hair. “Why don’t you believe me? I never did anything to betray your trust!” Kate sneered. “Your memory must have failed you, then. Why don’t you head back and reflect on what you’ve done?”
At that moment, Jared revealed a pleased smile. ‘Come on. Let’s leave, my darling girlfriend.” Kate shot another deep look at Nathan before entering Jared’s car and leaving the scene.
Nathan felt as if there was a gaping wound in his heart with cold wind constantly blowing through it. He could not differentiate whether it was coldness or pain that he felt.
He clutched at his clothes in front of his chest and dropped to the ground as he continued to mutter to himself wordlessly, “Katie… Katie…”
After quite some time, he suddenly thought of Melanie and he figured then that she must have purposely staged all this. He instantly got up to look for her. However, she was no longer in sight.
He was in a frenzy as he tried to search for her around the area, but she was nowhere to be seen. At that moment, he received a phone call from Gwen. “Nate, are you currently near Realty Street?”
He frowned. “How do you know that?” ‘So, it is you. Turn around and look behind you. I’m right here. See me?” Nathan followed her instructions and glanced in her direction. As soon as he saw his gaming team of colleagues, he regained his composure and forced a smile on his face.
“Why are you guys here?” Gwen responded, “They insisted that I treat them to a hotpot meal. Nate, what are you up to? If you’ve got nothing on, join us.” Of course, Nathan was in no mood for a hotpot meal. “No, thanks. You guys go ahead. I’ve got something else on,” he replied.
Gwen took a few steps forward and clung to his arm. “Nah, don’t come up with excuses. It’s so late at night now, what else do you have on? It’s rare for all of us to be in attendance at the same time, so come on! Join us!”
He instantly withdrew his hand and insisted, “No, I really can’t. I’ve actually got some matters to deal with. “What is it? I reckon you’re just trying to get out of our gathering. Just tell us what you’re busy with and we’ll help you out. If you can’t come up with something, then this meal will be on you.”
“Sure, it’s my treat then.” As Nathan spoke, he took out a card from his pocket and handed it over to her. “Here’s my card. Enjoy yourselves. Let’s meet up next time if time permits.”
Smiling, Gwen rejected him. “That’s not necessary. I was just joking. We really want you to join us.” However, he insisted and shoved the card into her hand. “Just take it. This meal’s on me. Enjoy.” She accepted it and replied, “This is really kind of you.”
“It’s fine. Go ahead.” The others greeted him before leaving. Nathan then sat back in his car with a defeated look. It had only been several hours, but he felt. as if he had gone through a ten-year marathon. He had never felt as exhausted as today. He slumped weakly against his steering wheel and the tears slowly wet his sleeves. At last, he had. ended up pushing her into someone else’s
arms. On the other end, there was a prolonged silence in Jared’s car. It took him a while before he finally spoke up, know that you did that purposely to spite him, so I won’t take it seriously.”
Compared to Kate’s exasperated and angry. look from earlier in the evening, she was much calmer right now. She kept her head turned to the other side and continued to look out of the window as she studied the busy traffic. She glanced at the neon flashing lights outside as she thought, No one else seems to have gone through such a horrible life as I do.
“I did do that to spite him, but I mean my words. Although I might not be able to get over the relationship for the time being, if you give me some time, I’m willing to try and develop something with you.”
