Forsaking the Years of Longing

Chapter 33 The love letters described how, when he was being bullied, I-a student council president at the time-happened to pass by and helped him out. From that moment, the chubby boy experienced his first crush.

He wrote that I was the only girl who didn't look down on him, who treated him with care and even protected him like I had some special regard for him. Though he knew I might have been acting out of responsibility as part of the student council, he couldn't help but like me.

He vowed in his letter to lose weight for me, asking me to wait for him.

But sadly, this letter was never delivered.

And I. never waited for him.

In fact, I didn't even remember him.

"Now you know why our Callan recognized you from the start, don't you? He didn't investigate you or anything. He just happened to see you at a banquet, standing next to Jason. That poor boy came home with his teeth clenched so tight they nearly cracked, locked himself in his room, and cried like a kettle boiling over," his mother said with a laugh, throwing in yet another blow.

Me: "...Huh?"

"You don't believe me, do you? Understandable. He usually acts all proper and composed, so you wouldn't see it. But I recorded it back then -come on, I'll show you!"

She whipped out her phone, scrolling through her gallery, only to be cut off by a suddenly mortified Callan.

Without mercy, he shoved his

mother out of the study and s door, Then, with his head

She

he looked at me.

"Now you know... I never thought of you as dirty. On the contrary, you idea how happy I was when

have no

you agreed to marry me. I was even a little scared..."

I nodded, and the lingering weight in my heart suddenly lifted.

Callan, however, looked at me with hesitation. "So?"

"So.. what?" I asked, confused.

"So, what do you think? Wil you forgive me? Is there a chance you cccept me? Even if it's j

trying to like me?"

I didn't answer.

Callan looked disappointed for a moment but quickly recovered, taking my hand in his.

"Well, now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, let's... take it slow."

Under his hopeful gaze, I nodded.

Three days before the wedding.

I went to pick Callan up from work, only to see Jason standing outside Morgan Group's entrance.