Chapter 219 - Friends

{"messages":[{"id":641200350,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Alyssa!"},{"id":641200351,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Rushing towards me as I was walking down the corridor, she stopped, breathless."},{"id":641200352,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I didn’t... I didn’t tell..."},{"id":641200353,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I smiled."},{"id":641200354,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I know that you didn’t. It’s all alright and has been sorted."},{"id":641200355,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She looked at me, relieved."},{"id":641200356,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I’m so glad..."},{"id":641200357,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I smiled right at her. I feel so grateful, having a real friend by my side."},{"id":641200358,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Also... there is something that I need to admit to you."},{"id":641200359,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"It’s a secret that I’ve kept from you and I think that you should know."},{"id":641200360,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"A secret?"},{"id":641200361,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She then closed her eyes and said at the top of her lungs:"},{"id":641200362,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I was paid by Lila to find dirt on you. But once I realised that you were a good person, I gave her back the money. I swear."},{"id":641200363,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I’m sorry..."},{"id":641200364,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She looked so apologetic... but I couldn’t help but feel confused."},{"id":641200365,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I don’t see what I have to forgive..."},{"id":641200366,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"What?"},{"id":641200367,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Did you give up anything about me?"},{"id":641200368,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"N-No, but-"},{"id":641200369,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Then, it’s all sorted. Sure, I’d normally mind but we’ve gotten so close over these past weeks."},{"id":641200370,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I know that you’d never hurt me."},{"id":641200371,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Then, to my surprise, tears started to well up in her eyes."},{"id":641200372,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Alyssa... aww, you’re the best friend I’ve ever had!"},{"id":641200373,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Hugging me tightly, I smiled."},{"id":641200374,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Talking about secrets... I’m pregnant."},{"id":641200375,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She then pushed me back, her eyes looking right at me."},{"id":641200376,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Sorry, I didn’t hear what you just said."},{"id":641200377,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I thought that you said that you were pregnant for a second."},{"id":641200378,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I am."},{"id":641200379,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Her eyes went wide."},{"id":641200380,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Y-You are? And does Mr Lucas know?"},{"id":641200381,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Of course he does."},{"id":641200382,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And he’s okay with it? He’s not doing anything extreme, like leaving you."},{"id":641200383,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I chuckled."},{"id":641200384,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Actually, he’s very excited about the baby. We’re getting married after graduation, so hopefully the baby won’t be showing by then."},{"id":641200385,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"You’re not getting married to him because of the baby, are you?"},{"id":641200386,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I shook my head."},{"id":641200387,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"No. I truly love him and I know that he loves me dearly too."},{"id":641200388,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Too much sometimes. He’s extremely paranoid about me and the baby getting hurt."},{"id":641200389,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"So much so that he barely lets me go anywhere."},{"id":641200390,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Isn’t he being controlling?"},{"id":641200391,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I shook my head."},{"id":641200392,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"He’s always been controlling."},{"id":641200393,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"He’s so terrified that harm might befall me or the baby that he can barely function."},{"id":641200394,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She nodded."},{"id":641200395,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Has he gone to see a therapist?"},{"id":641200396,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Well, last night he got drunk with my brother and it seems that he took some of his advice to heart."},{"id":641200397,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"He let me drive with Clay to school."},{"id":641200398,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And that’s progress? Gosh..."},{"id":641200399,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I smiled."},{"id":641200400,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I don’t mind it. If it keeps him sane, I’ll behave and do what he says until I can calm him down myself."},{"id":641200401,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"But I’d like you to come to my wedding."},{"id":641200402,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Me?"},{"id":641200403,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Yes, as my bridesmaid."},{"id":641200404,"character_id":11077815,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Only if you want to."},{"id":641200405,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Obviously!"},{"id":641200406,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Missing my best friend’s wedding should be a crime."},{"id":641200407,"character_id":11304581,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Obviously I’ll be there."},{"id":641200408,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"-End of Chapter 219-"},{"id":641200409,"character_id":11078108,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Thank you for reading my book! 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