I laughed, “I don’t put on dirty clothes after I
shower. What’s the difference between you
He took a step back, his face white, and he
stared at me in disbelief.
His friends came, saw what was happening,
and tried to convince me.
“Ethan cares about you. He’s been upset too,
you guys were so great, is it really
impossible?”
“Can’t you guys just talk it out?”
I said, “Yeah, it’s impossible.”
When I said that, I suddenly remembered,
that’s how they used to talk about Chloe.
They said, Ethan and Chloe, were a perfect
match.
<
How long had it been? And their story has
changed.
Jake tried to make things better, “Yeah, how
about we all have dinner, and clear everything
up?
“We said some crazy things when you were
here. We were just guessing, don’t take it to
heart.”
I shook my head, “I have stuff to do, I’m not
going with you.”
Jake tried to convince me again, “Come on,
it’s been a while, can you unblock me? I have
more…”
He stopped mid–sentence. Ethan suddenly
spoke, “It’s okay.”
く
Jake looked unhappy, “We finally got to
meet.”
“I said,” Ethan looked at me, and repeated
each word, “It’s okay.
“Let her go.”
15
After that, I didn’t hear from Ethan for a long
time.
I did run into Luke sometimes.
I walked with him near the school.
When he was driving through the area, he
called me, and I ran down to meet him, and
he gave me concert tickets. He said he got
<
He was nanasome, and caim.
I guess he didn’t know how hard it was to get
those tickets.
He was always respectful, and I felt
embarrassed turning him down, so I sent him
the money for it.
He didn’t want to take it, and I didn’t know
what else to do, so I treated him to dinner
again.
But in the end, he still paid.
Early December, he was going abroad again,
for at least half a year.
I went to the airport to see him off. He smiled,
but looked hesitant, and in the end, didn’t say
く
Soon after he left, I ran into Jake.
He sighed and said Ethan wasn’t hanging out
with them anymore, and he wasn’t even.
looking for Chloe.
“Chloe came back thinking she’d get back
together with Ethan. But who knew that Ethan
wouldn’t care about her? She bothered him so
much that he put pressure on her family, and
had her marry someone else.”
I was listening to a story, “But they were so
good together before.”
“Who knows? Love is complicated. And Chloe
was always after him, all those years, she was
alone, so it’s only right he took care of her.”
I laughed and didn’t say anything.
<
Actually, I never told anyone.
On Ethan’s birthday, after he put on that
watch, I got a call.
It was from Chloe.
“Are you Ethan’s girlfriend? I heard he’s
treating you differently. But you probably
know, we were about to get married, we
always think about each other.”
I looked at the man laughing in the distance,
my tears were dry, and I wouldn’t cry for him
again.
I said, “Then I hope you guys stay together
forever.”
But it seems my wish didn’t come true.
く
16
It was funny.
I didn’t think I’d hear Ethan’s name again, until
one of the students came to me.
She saw Ethan somewhere, and found out
that I dated him. She asked me how she could
date the Hayes’s third son.
“I heard after you broke up, he never dated
anyone else. How did you do it?”
I was busy, “Didn’t people say he was easy to
get? Just create some coincidences, and
spend time with him.”
