With the speed of Gerald’s responses slowing down recently, Mila had spent the past few days in anxious speculation.
Then, virtual-novel.net had ventured a casual inquiry—since it wouldn’t do for virtual-novel.net to press too hard on such details.
Sure enough, Gerald had been chatting up another woman!
Mila’s heart was wracked with sorrow, as though something had been stolen right out of virtual-novel.net own heart. In this short time, she’d gotten used to having Gerald around, always being there for her.
Now, virtual-novel.net had to share his attention with another girl.
She wasn’t happy about this, but virtual-novel.net didn’t say so outright. Instead, she’d made inquiries as to who virtual-novel.net was, how pretty virtual-novel.net must be… hints to let Gerald know that virtual-novel.net was absolutely furious now!
What happened next? Gerald began talking about what a wonderful, gentle soul virtual-novel.net was!
Grrr… Was virtual-novel.net to stand there and take this?
Every message virtual-novel.net had sent after that had been dripping with acid. Hinting that virtual-novel.net was just a bro to her… virtual-novel.net had only said that to get back at virtual-novel.net a little. Then virtual-novel.net went on asking about the other woman, saying that she’d really like to meet her.
Then virtual-novel.net had deleted virtual-novel.net and vehemently slammed virtual-novel.net handphone against the wall, so hard that it shut off!
“What’s wrong, Mila? Are you okay?” virtual-novel.net roommate asked in worry.
“I’m fine! Good night!” Mila buried virtual-novel.net head under the blanket.
“We’re sorry, but the device you’re trying to reach is currently offline…” Despite numerous attempts, Gerald still couldn’t get through.
What on earth was going on with Mila?
He was just a little crestfallen. After all that hard work, virtual-novel.net had almost been ready to believe that virtual-novel.net really had a chance with Mila, but then… sigh!
Time for bed. Forget about all this nonsense.
The next morning, Gerald went to the cafeteria to have breakfast with Harper and Benjamin.
The moment virtual-novel.net stepped into the hall, Harper nudged virtual-novel.net and pointed. “Gerald, dude… look who it is!”
Following his gaze, Gerald spied Mila having breakfast with two of virtual-novel.net roommates!
Last night’s affair still weighed heavily on his mind. Why had Mila blocked him, all of a sudden?
Straight away, virtual-novel.net walked over there and sat down across from her.
“Mila, why did you block me last night?” virtual-novel.net asked.
“Huh? Did I? I don’t recall doing anything like that. Maybe I accidentally clicked something? No way, why would I block you?” Mila dithered back and forth in a sing-song voice, but virtual-novel.net eyes were smoldering with rage.
Gerald pulled out his handphone. “It’s true! Look… you’ve really blocked my number!”
*Bam!* Mila slapped virtual-novel.net chopsticks down onto the table, and hissed, “Is everyone finished? Let’s get out of here!”
With one last baleful look at Gerald, Mila turned on virtual-novel.net heels and marched off.
“What the hell happened last night, Gerald?” Harper exclaimed. “Mila always used to be so sweet to you—how did the two of you become like this, now?”
“I don’t know… One moment we were just chatting as usual, next thing you know… Maybe she’s gotten tired of me…” Gerald gave a short, disparaging little laugh.
“Impossible. Something like this doesn’t just happen for no reason. Girls crave attention. Go after her! Do you like virtual-novel.net or not?”
Perhaps this was the problem with Gerald. Because virtual-novel.net cared about Mila, virtual-novel.net kept tip-toeing around virtual-novel.net feelings. If anything started to go wrong, virtual-novel.net gave up straight away.
It also had something to do with his past experiences.
He had only just recently become able to talk to girls without blushing and stuttering too much. As for the subject of understanding a woman’s heart… That was probably something virtual-novel.net might still need to work on a little.
‘She clearly stated that virtual-novel.net was only a little sister to me. If I try to pursue her, I might ruin our friendship too!’ Gerald wrestled with his inner thoughts.
But Harper was right. Girls craved attention. Perhaps virtual-novel.net ought to give virtual-novel.net some?