Chapter 10
Alpha Asher smoothly changed the subject, eyeing me with a sly grin. “By the way, I saw that post. Come clean–who’s the guy in the Porsche? Your new boyfriend?”
He spoke as if threatening to tell our parents if I didn’t spill the details.
“Take me out to dinner, then.”
“No problem.”
I explained everything to my brother, and he nodded knowingly. “That guy from Silver Moon, huh?”
“You know him?”
“He’s the son of the Silver Moon Alpha!” After
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a brief pause, Alpha Asher added, “Right, you haven’t been to many business events.”
There was a hint of regret in his voice, and something else I couldn’t quite place. But did he know Ulric had been secretly calling him ⚫ a player? Well, that was probably common
knowledge.
Later, my brother took me to a fancy restaurant, claiming it was a treat for me.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure he was just there for the food.
“Isn’t that your little boyfriend?” My brother motioned for me to look behind.
Not far off, Ulric was having dinner with a girl.
The girl was talking and laughing freely with
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Ulric.
Ulric, on the other hand, was deep in thought, his gaze fixed downward.
A bitter feeling stirred in me. Here I was, supposedly the “playboy” trying to keep up a pure “boy–next–door” image.
It seemed like Ulric noticed me.
The girl opposite him noticed as well, and she turned around, waving enthusiastically
at us.
I shot a glance at my brother, silently asking what was going on.
He ignored me and waved back at the girl.
She immediately walked over and threw her arms around my brother. “Alpha Asher, I’ve
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missed you so much!”
My brother casually patted her head. “Finally back from abroad?”
I was left standing there, completely confused.
Ulric walked over.
“What’s going on?” he asked, his voice calm.
The girl immediately stood up and pushed Ulric toward me, insisting he sit down. “Oh, this is Kaela. By the way, she used to be called Eryx when she was little.”
Eryx. My childhood name. It had always sounded too masculine, so I cried and begged to change it.
The mention of my old name gave me an
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uncomfortable shiver.
I sneaked a glance at Ulric, whose expression had darkened.
“She’s that Eryx?”
Ulric seemed somewhat embarrassed by the question.
Huh? I looked at him, confused.
“You can’t be Big Zhuang, can you?”
As soon as the nickname “Big Zhuang” was brought up, I saw Ulric’s face turn an even deeper shade of crimson.
“Yeah, Kaela, that’s him.”
Ulric’s cousin was clearly enjoying the moment, oblivious to the uncomfortable look
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on Ulric’s face.
When we were younger, I had been raised as a boy.
I was called Eryx, and Ulric had the nickname “Big Zhuang” because he was really big as a kid.
Well, more accurately, he was overweight.
Since I only ever knew him by that nickname, I had no idea his real name was Ulric.
Back then, Big Zhuang was isolated and bullied because of his weight.
I stood up for him, chased off the bullies.
He was shy, covered in scratches, and asked me, “Thank you, can we be good brothers?”
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Honestly, I was grateful. My childhood was spent with Big Zhuang as my best friend.
Since I always acted like a boy, he never knew that his playmate was actually a girl.
But then, one day, he just disappeared without a word.
My brother told me he’d secretly started dieting.
I knew that wasn’t true.
But having a childhood friend vanish without saying goodbye really hurt.
Who would have thought Ulric would later shed all that weight?
And become the school’s heartthrob.
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“Haha, Kaela, let me tell you, my cousin used to ask me if he could be with a guy when he was little.”
Ulric’s cousin was reveling in the nostalgia.
- Ulric’s face flushed a little, and I could feel my own cheeks warming.
When we were younger, I used to play house with Ulric.
He often asked, “Why do you, a boy, like to play the mother?”
What a goofy question.
Ulric didn’t say anything more. He just nodded at his cousin and grabbed me, pulling me away.
“Big Zhuang, where are you taking me?”
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Ulric stopped and turned to face me. “Can we not call me that anymore?”
“Huh? Then what should I call you?”
“Just… just call me by the name we used when we played house.”
The towering Ulric, now standing at 6’1“, blushed in front of me.
I thought back to those childhood days.
And then I blushed too.
