Chapter 57

“Are you sure about that?” Lucas asked carefully.

“Who is it?”

“Your boyfriend. The professor in your Introduction to Communication Science class that you secretly love–”

“W-wha–How did you know?” Ashley glared in surprise, exclaiming in a half-whisper so as not to disturb the funeral ceremony. “I never told anyone!”

“I have my own ways,” Lucas looked relaxed, shrugging his shoulders. “But seriously. You should go to him. It's not good to keep him waiting long.”

“No way,” Ashley answered quickly. “I don’t want to meet him. Tell Xavier to send him home.”

“But–”

“This isn’t the right time.”

“This is the right time,” Gabriella, who had been hostile towards him since yesterday, walked over to him. “I apologize for my behavior yesterday. I was not in the right state. I forgot that you must be just as sad as I am. I shouldn’t blame you–”

“No, you’re right. This is all my fault,” Ashley cut her off while biting his lower lip, his face g