Chapter 20. Never Mind Them

Carlos stepped forward to hug Crystal, but she stepped backward. She gave him a look of disgust and said, “Did you honestly think that I would wait for you?”

Carlos flinched at her words as if he’d been struck. “I know that my proposal is very selfish,” he mumbled, “but why are you so hard on me? Is it because of Nathan Davis? Are you two serious? I know you’re not actually together. You just want to make me jealous, right? Crystal, an unreliable man like him, is not suitable for you. He will never take you seriously!”

“He’s unreliable?” Crystal hissed. “Compared to you, he is a saint!”

Carlos’s face turned white as Crystal’s words sunk in, and he finally let her arm go, and when Crystal walked away from him, he made no further attempt to pursue her.

I hate this! Crystal thought to herself, as she crossed the street at the next corner. It wasn’t supposed to end this way for us!

By the time Crystal arrived home, the sun had set, and when Susie saw her, s