“Fine, I admit that I’m responsible for that. It was my fault for not drawing the line and causing them to have their eyes on me and break us up by scheming for all of this. But what about that guy over there, Katie? What hope did you give him for him to have his eyes on you?” Nathan replied while pointing at Jasper.
“Actually, it’s not all bad that such a thing happened. At least it makes us learn to reflect on our mistakes and take responsibility for what we’ve each done. I didn’t let you touch him because it was my fault. I’m aware of his feelings for me, and I didn’t accept him, but I didn’t explicitly turn him down either. Today…” Kate said before turning to look at Jasper. “Sorry, Jasper. I know you’re nice to me and have helped me a lot.
You kept me company when I was so heartbroken, which was why I couldn’t harden my heart to turn you down. However, I can’t lie to myself. I tried it, but I really don’t have feelings for you. I can understand what happened today. Perhaps you had good intentions as you said, so I didn’t let Nathan touch you, and I won’t pursue the matter. From today onward, let’s not keep in touch anymore. We’re not a couple, nor are we friends.”
Olivia smiled while giving Eugene a look that said, ‘Did you see that? My bestie is so cool!” Eugene couldn’t help but chuckle while leaning back in his chair in a relaxed manner. He grabbed her hand and toyed with it, pinching each of her fingertips with rapt attention. Olivia was both speechless and amused. Does he have nothing to play with?
Jasper didn’t expect Kate to be so cruel. Not only did she break up with him, but she didn’t even give him the opportunity to be friends with her! “Katie-”
Kate said to him, “You’d better call me Miss Thomas from now on. Mr. Greenwood, you may leave now.” Jasper looked at her. “Can’t we remain as friends?” Kate shook her head. “No, we can’t.” Being friends with a man who I know has designs on me is no different than tacitly accepting his advances, no?
Jasper closed his eyes slightly with a look of regret. I shouldn’t have been too greedy. However, now that Kate had said so, he didn’t have to keep pestering her any longer, nor would his upbringing allow him to keep bothering her. “Okay, Katie. This is the last time I’m calling you that… I wish you happiness!” Kate gave him a slight nod. “Thank you.”
Jasper left..
The room instantly went silent as no one spoke. Nathan finally understood why Kate didn’t let him hit Jasper. In reality, he had no right to hit the latter. Jasper was the person who stayed by her side when she was heartbroken, whereas he was the one who hurt her. This alone was enough reason for him to lose.
On the other hand, he owed neither Gwen nor Melanie a favor, nor did he have any reason to turn them down. It was just that he didn’t realize that by not turning down a woman who had feelings for himself, he’d give her an opportunity to go one step further, and this would only hurt the woman he loved. At the moment, he was merely relying on Kate’s feelings for him. Had she relented just now, she’d no longer be his girlfriend.
At the thought of this, he suddenly saw the light and came to his senses at once. He felt aggrieved, but why should he feel aggrieved? Could he feel more aggrieved than she did? After taking a deep breath, he stepped toward Kate. Kate frowned while taking a step back with each step he took toward her. “What are you doing?”
Nathan swept her into his arms immediately. “Sorry, it was my fault. I’ll definitely keep my distance from them in the future.”
