Bryce shook his head and said, “I dislike all women other than mom.”
He paused for a moment. Seeing Justin stunned, he hurriedly said, “But if you like her, I have no
problem with it.”
“Brat.” Justin came to his senses and rubbed his head. “Just finish your drink. No more such non-
nutritious things in the future. You’ve been staying too long at your mother’s place. Look how she
spoiled you.”
Bryce would never dare to ask for junk food in the past.
Tina must’ve been spoiling him.
“It’s not her fault. It’s me who wants to drink it.”
“You’re only allowed to have it once a month.”
***
After Stella left the tea shop, she stopped in front of a floor-to-ceiling window from the back of the street
and subconsciously glanced back
It was a relief to see that father and son were not unhappy because of her but were talking happily to
each other.
She felt guilty toward Justin. It was not because she did not get together with him, but things like this
were always up to one’s own wishes.
She felt more guilty about troubling him because of her matters.
The unpleasant incident that happened the last time they had dinner together still ran fresh in her mind,
especially when Weston acted so heartlessly. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to Bryce that day.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t know how to face Justin.
Stella sighed.
Suddenly, her phone rang simultaneously with the class bell. Stella spoke on the phone with Roger
while she walked in the direction of the school building.
Roger, a computer science student, had some debugging work at the lab building today.
He had initially planned to go with his classmates but he stopped in his tracks. “You guys can go and
have your lunch first. I still have some things to do and I won’t be joining you.” Seeing this, his
roommate stopped as well and looked at him curiously. “Who are you having lunch with, if not with us?
Could it be the girl who confessed to you this morning?”
They joked around. Roger was very handsome and was a famous student on campus. Many girls
would confess
their feelings to him but he’d refuse them all.
Their joke didn’t invoke much reaction from him. Instead, he simply handed his bag to them.”
Remember to take my seat in the afternoon.”
“Alright. If you really go on a date with the girl, you must tell us when you’ll be back.” “Tell you what?”
He found them rather funny. “You guys go ahead, I’ll be off.” With that said, he ran away in stride.
Under the big tree outside the lab building, Stella stood waiting for him. Some students passing by
would have their eyes on her. There were many beautiful girls on campus, but Stella managed to catch
a lot of attention just by standing there. When Roger arrived, he saw a few eager boys trying to hit on
her. Irritated, he walked up to her and blocked the other boys. “Let’s go for lunch.” The boy was a little
surprised to see Roger walking over as well. “It’s you?” Roger was very popular. Almost half of the
female students liked to gossip about him. The boy said sourly, “So, this beautiful girl is here to meet
you. Didn’t you just get together with a girl this morning? Why are you…” He wanted to say something
but he stopped himself. His intention was obvious, though.
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