3

It was almost time to get off work and it started to rain. Just then, I received a call from Luke.

"You must be off work now. Come pick us up when you pass by the hospital." There was an unquestionable command in his words, and he deliberately emphasized the word "us".

I couldn't help but sneer in my heart. I really didn't know how humble I was in his heart that I was willing to drive to pick them up on a rainy day.

"Unfortunately, the company is having a dinner party tonight and I don't know when it will end." I responded coldly.

"Then you can come and take us back first, there will still be time for the dinner party later." He tried to persuade me.

"It's too late, you should take a taxi." After saying that, I hung up the phone and didn't care whether Luke was furious or not.

In the evening, I had dinner with a few colleagues who I had a good relationship with and drank some wine. When I got home, it was already past eleven o'clock.

Luke sat on the sofa in the living room and asked me with an unhappy look on his face: "Why are you back so late?"

I was too lazy to pay attention to him. I changed my shoes, washed my hands, and prepared to go back to the house to take a shower and sleep. But Luke stood up and blocked my way.

"Jojo, what do you mean?" he asked in a bad tone.

I looked up at him, and his face, which once filled me with joy, now seemed so dull. Perhaps it was because my heart had long been stagnant.

"What's wrong?" I asked back calmly.

He said with an unhappy look on his face: "I asked you to pick us up and you didn't come, so it would be fine if you didn't, but you came back so late at night."

Just as I was about to speak, Y vonne's voice came from the bedroom door.

"Sister Jojo, have you been drinking? The smell of alcohol is so strong that it makes me uncomfortable." There was a hint of grievance in her words.

I stared at Luke, thinking that he would at least send Yvonne back home, but I didn't expect him to bring her home. It was so ironic.

"Don't you feel uncomfortable with the smell? Should I go out and get a room, or should your brother Luke take you out to get a room?" I said with a sneer.

" Jojo !" Luke scolded me loudly, "Why are you so dirty?"

" Luke , stop using your loud voice to cover up your guilty conscience. Am I dirty?" I asked back, looking at Yvonne who was standing at the door of the guest bedroom , " Sister Yvonne , I heard from your brother Lu that you fainted because I blocked you yesterday? Don't be like this, I blocked not only you, but also him and many other people. If you can't stand the smell of alcohol, then close the door and go back to sleep."

Yvonne looked at me, tears streaming down her face. She didn't respond to my words, but looked at Luke: "Brother Luke, I... better leave, lest Sister Jojo gets upset and quarrels with you."

" It's so late, where are you going alone? It's not safe to go out, go back to your room and sleep." Luke comforted me.

I sneered in my heart, it turned out that he knew it was not safe for girls to go out at night. But when we first came out for internship, I had to walk a long way to get home after work, and asked him to pick me up, but he always refused on the grounds that we were passers-by.

Yvonne stood still, I was tired, so I went into the house and locked the door. Luke called out a few times outside, but I ignored him. I just heard him and Yvonne chatting, and he ended up sending Yvonne back to the house to sleep.

Our house is a two-bedroom house. I live in the master bedroom, Yvonne lives in the guest bedroom, and Luke can only sleep on the sofa. When I got up, I saw him sitting on the sofa with bruises under his eyes. I don’t know if he didn’t sleep well or didn’t sleep all night.

“ Get up.” He said, “I booked a flight to Dubai. Don’t you want to travel? I’ll go with you. Remember to apply for annual leave when you go to the company today.”

"I'm busy with work lately and can't go." I responded coldly.

Luke stood up and walked over to me: "Are you still angry? Jojo, we are already an engaged couple, not a newly-in-love couple. Can you stop being so childish?"

In his eyes, it was wrong for me to argue with him, and it was also wrong for me not to argue with him. Perhaps, he and I were wrong in the first place.

I looked at him calmly, and he looked away with a guilty look. "I was wrong, okay." He said in a low voice.

I shook my head slightly: "You're right, I'm not angry either. Let's not dwell on this."

I went to make coffee and casually scrolled through my Moments. I saw Yvonne 's Moments again. She took a photo holding Luke 's trophy against her cheek, with the caption: "It makes me feel at ease to have my brother's most beloved thing accompany me to sleep."

This is a new account, not the one I deleted yesterday. I opened it and found that we had never chatted before, and I didn’t remember when I added him...

I didn't delete it this time, so I'll keep it. Luke's trophy, he got mad when I even moved it a little bit while cleaning, let alone taking pictures with it. It turns out that I'm the only one who can't touch it, but others can.

I used to deceive myself, but now I know whether I love or not. I was just blinded, and it's time to wake up.

Luke was obviously unhappy with my rejection . " Jojo , are you really not angry? What's the point of deceiving yourself? I know it was not right for me to leave that day, but human lives are at stake."

It's a matter of life and death, but with so many people here, is the engaged guy the only one who can take Yvonne to the hospital?

I picked up my phone and zoomed in on Yvonne's Moments to show him. "Human life is important, but what about this? Luke, do you remember when you won the trophy in your first race, and I cleaned the cabinet and moved it, you had a big fight with me."

I laughed at myself: "Do you remember what you said to me then?" Luke's face looked very ugly.

"I didn't take a photo of her." He explained.

It doesn't matter whether he gave it to me or not. What matters is that his attitude and his behavior have deeply hurt me.

"Luke, let's all calm down," I suggested.

"Okay." He agreed, but asked me to add him back on WeChat. I didn't refuse.

I was very busy in the next few days, and Luke was also going to have a match soon, so he was busy preparing at the club. He would send me WeChat messages at any time, telling me about his car, lunch, or asking me what I was doing and whether I was busy at work. In the past, I would always support him and chat endlessly, but now I just felt a little bored and didn't reply.

He even learned to talk to himself: "Why don't you reply to my message? Are you busy at work?" My eyes suddenly became sore when I saw this sentence. I seem to have said this thousands of times, but I have never received a timely reply.

Because I was going to travel abroad, I had made plans with my two childhood friends for a long time but I was never available. I wanted to have a meal with them before going out, so I thought of taking advantage of this time to adjust my annual leave for three days and a weekend to go to their city. Of course, I didn't tell Luke .

Luke called me on Friday afternoon: "Jojo, send me your company address on WeChat. I'll pick you up after training and we'll go out for dinner tonight."

I thought somewhat ironically that he didn't know the name or address of my company, and he had never picked me up from get off work, rain or shine. But now he was thinking of picking me up from get off work to have dinner together.

I hesitated for a long time before replying: "I'm not in the company."

"Where are you then? I'll pick you up." He asked anxiously.

" In Haicheng. I'll be back the day after tomorrow." I said calmly.

WeChat showed that it was typing, but I didn't see any message for a long time, so I turned off the screen. A few minutes later, he sent a message: "When did you go?"

“Tuesday night,” I replied.

He didn't reply. I knew he wanted me to take annual leave to travel with him, but I refused because I was busy with work. But I came to Haicheng again, and he would definitely be unhappy.

As expected, I saw him in Yvonne's circle of friends that night. He was drunk and his face was red. He also said that disgusting sentence: "The very good brother always has people who make him angry and sad."

I almost vomited. The next afternoon, Luke replied to my message: "Then I will pick you up then." "What time?" "Six o'clock."

I was waiting for him on the departure level when his car pulled up in front of me and a head popped out from the passenger seat - Yvonne. I wasn't surprised at all.

Luke got out of the car and helped me with my luggage and explained, "She went to the club to find me and she knew I was coming to pick you up so she insisted on following."

I hummed indifferently, opened the car door and sat in the back seat. Luke said, "I have a restaurant reservation, let's go over there and eat."

He ordered a seafood buffet. Yvonne asked me: " Sister Jojo, why did you only take cakes and fruits ? Brother Luke specially picked this seafood restaurant, which is delicious. Don't you like it? Or am I unhappy?"

Luke 's face darkened. I smiled and said, "No, I'm allergic to seafood and can't eat it. If you like it, eat more!"

Luke's expression turned from gloomy to embarrassed. "Why didn't you tell me you were allergic and couldn't eat it?" he questioned.

I looked at him quietly. "Luke, we have been together for eight years. Is it because I didn't tell you that it has been eight years or you didn't mean it?" I asked back.

Yvonne sat beside me and looked at me teasingly and said, "Sister, are you angry because I fainted on the day of the engagement? I apologized to you, brother is worried about me, but he really only has feelings for me as a sister. You have mad at brother Ling for so many days, he must be very upset, so please don't be angry and forgive him, okay?"

"I'm not angry, what's the point of talking about forgiveness?" I sneered, "Your health is not good and your brother Ling was entrusted to take care of you. I knew it four years ago and he told me countless times. He said that if you liked each other, you would have been together a long time ago. So I understand."