I raised my head and wanted to help Eric hold the food on the tray, but Julie suddenly looked up and said with a vicious expression, "What about Joyce? She likes you more than anyone else."
Julie's expression was very proud like an audience about to watch the climax of a movie.
She exposed my secret to Eric as if she were saying, "Look, the woman closest to you also likes you."
I lowered my head and didn't explain.
3
Eric was stunned for a moment. Feeling his gaze on my face, I looked away embarrassedly and wanted to explain, but I had no idea where to start.
Julie looked even prouder.
Eric took a step towards me. As I looked up at his handsome face, he put his arm around my waist. His gloomy expression disappeared instantly, and he smiled, "Not only does Joyce like me, but I like her, too."
Both Julie and I were stunned.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward. I secretly glanced at Eric and found that he was complacent.
With a surprised expression, Julie pointed at Eric with a trembling hand. "But you said that you..."
Eric didn't want to explain to her. "You don't understand Joyce and me. We don't have that kind of superficial relationship."
Shocked by his words, Julie looked at us in amazement.
I thought, "See? This is the final result. It's not the first time someone has tried to stir things up, but Eric doesn't care, so I'm not panicked at all."
He knew that we liked each other, but it was not love, and we wouldn't have sex.
Julie was smart, and she could tell this from Eric's words. Being shocked for a while, she stood silently opposite us. All the provocations and harsh words just now seemed like a joke.
I was not her love rival, and she wouldn't be Eric's exception.
The noble school beauty became a clown, who lost all her dignity for a man she could never get.
Eric's patience reached its limit. Putting his arm around me, he urged me to go to the cinema. When we passed by Julie, I heard her whisper, "Joyce, you are so pitiful..."
It suddenly dawned on me.
It turned out that in their eyes, I was pitiful.
In the past, I was the person of their envy. They envied me because Eric treated me specifically and I was the only person who always stayed with him.
However, when they found out that Eric had no feelings for me beyond friendship, they started to feel sympathy and disdain for me.
A girl once said, "At least I tried. But Joyce, you are afraid of losing and never dare to try."