I didn't expect her call right after that, "Tommy, what's your problem? Why are you being passive-aggressive by liking that post? Judas wants to come back now, do you think flight tickets are free?"
Her questioning made my throat tighten, "Apologize to Judas immediately. He just helped me secure a major contract last month. If he resigns, I won't forgive you!"
I couldn't even be bothered to expose her lies. Buying couple rings as a 'business reward,' vacationing in Hawaii together, this was basically their wedding and honeymoon.
I hung up the call and removed the like. Looking at the number at the bottom of my call log, I finally dialed it, "Jade, I want to meet you. Do you still want to meet me?"
Her voice on the other end was filled with warmth, "I told you, no matter when, there's always a place for you by my side."
At that moment, tears fell from my eyes, "Then I'll wait for you to come back."
Jade was my stepfather's daughter and an outstanding computer engineer. She moved abroad right after college.
She always took great care of me, but ever since I insisted on being with Olivia, she cruelly cut off all contact.
After I hung up, bitterness filled my chest. I had wasted ten years on a piece of trash.
On the day I was discharged, Olivia returned. She got home late at night. I had just finished washing the piled-up clothes and was zoning out on the balcony. I was holding a condom I found in her pocket.
Olivia appeared downstairs with Judas, the two of them hugging each other passionately. The scene stabbed me right in the heart. It was so painful I could barely breathe.
Once upon a time, Olivia and I were just as loving. She was my senior. When I was a sophomore, she was already starting her own business.
Every time I returned to campus, she would hold my hand and reluctantly kiss and hug me, hoping I could stay a little longer.
I thought such a passionate love would lead to a beautiful ending. So I turned down Jade's plan to move overseas and chose to stay in the country to support Olivia's business. But in the end, this was how it turned out.
I heard the door open behind me, followed by Olivia's complaints, "What the hell? Why is the house such a mess?"
She frowned as she scanned the room. Olivia had a cleanliness obsession.