Chapter 362 - 362: Wouldn’t Trade It For Anything Else (1/2)

Silence wafted around the four corners of the room followed by an air of awkwardness.

Wei Fang should've forseen that nothing would go as planned when we're talking about Lillie Bai.

”Uhm, so...” He lamely started. ”What do you want to know?”

Lillie gave him a look that said ”really? That's the best you could muster?”

Clearing his throat, Wei Fang looked at her and said, ”Thea, back then...I was gullible.” Sorrow and regret crept over his eyes. ”I failed as your best friend by not believing you.”

Lillie's expression remained blank, it's difficult to read what she's thinking, so Wei Fang decided to continue.

”I believed their lies, I hurt your feelings...I didn't gave you a chance to explain yourself. I ran away like a coward after hearing the things you've done, the things you were accused of.”

Lillie wasn't certain what to feel in this situation. Should she feel sad? Angry? Heck, happy?

Hm, that's strange, she doesn't feel any of those.

There he is, spilling his emotions while she stare at him stoically as if he was a boring piece in a museum.

”I'm sorry, Thea, for everything. I want to make everything right again, between us. I want to make it up to you. Just, please, tell me what I can do for you to forgive me?” Wei Fang opened his palm and extended his arms, desperate to make her see his grief and self-blame.

However, he received no response, not even a slight flicker of emotion was present in her cold eyes.

Her silence was nerve-racking. And the longer Lillie look at him without uttering a word, the more Wei Fang was discouraged, thinking that all hope was truly lost.

Despondently, he lowered his head. His eyes locked on the napkin that was delicately folded into a swan.

”What's there to forgive, Mr. Wei?”

With those words, Wei Fang's heart fluttered with hope. He interpreted those words in an optimistic view.

As he reverted his gaze back to the cold beauty, his interpretation didn't seem to share what she had in mind as he took into account the expression—or lack, thereof—she's making.

What's there to forgive, she said. His initial presumption was that she was never upset with him, or that she had already forgiven him.

He even dared to make himself believe that she simply forgot what happened, hence the interrogative reply.

But the unfaltering indifference and the schooled stoic face she's famous for said otherwise.

He can see now...he means nothing to her, she couldn't care less about him. His apology means nothing to her. He no longer holds a place in her life, in her heart. Not anymore.

For all he knows, he's nothing more but a stranger.

”Thea, I—”

”That 'thing' we had before, Mr. Wei? Please forget about it. There's nothing you can do to bring it back.” Lillie retorted. ”You don't need to apologize for that...woeful event.”

Now that Lillie realizes it, she was thankful of Wei Fang for leaving from her life. Although the emotional pain she'd gone through was unwarranted, the end result was, nonetheless, worth it.

If Wei Fang didn't left and he believed her over those baseless accusations, their relationship would've evolved into 'more than friends'.

Wei Fang was her first crush and first male friend. The first boy to talk to her without reeling back because of what used to look like.

She was nerdy and shy; thus, a favorite and easy targeted for bullies.

Wei Fang protected her from them, he stood up for her and became her knight. It was because of him that she've learned how to be confident, how to fight back and stand up for herself

It wasn't hard to have feelings for him after all he'd done for her. Wei Fang was loved by many in their school. Not only was he rich and attractive, he was gentle, chivalrous, and compassionate.