Capítulo 17: Chapter 17: Illusory Happiness
Amanda Smith had just walked out of the magazine office when she received a call from Samuel Johnson.
Because of the delay caused by Samuel in the morning, she had to make up for it by working overtime in the evening.
When she saw Samuel's number on the caller ID, she was a bit taken aback—it's true that they both knew each other's mobile numbers, but this was the first time Samuel had ever called her!
Feeling a little excited, she picked up the phone and pressed the answer button. Before she could speak, the person on the other end had already begun, "Hello? I'm drunk, at XX card room. Come pick me up."
"Dudu dudu—"
Then the call was abruptly disconnected.
Amanda was slightly startled and let out a wry smile as she listened to the busy tone from the hung-up call.
After all… why else would he call her, if not for something like this?
The emotion that had just started to swell in her chest seemed to freeze instantly. She sighed, turned around to hail a taxi, gave the driver the address, and then leaned back in the car, exhausted, closing her eyes.
She imagined what scene she might walk into upon arriving.
That person never skimped on displaying his charm in front of her. Samuel Johnson had been popular from a young age. Handsome since kindergarten, he'd been receiving love letters since then, but it wasn't until he was in the ninth grade that he actually started dating.
The fifteen-year-old boy was already tall and striking, drawing admiring looks as he walked through the school. At that time, he had little interest in girls, spending most of his time with his own circle of friends. He had his first romance with a girl named Jennifer Turner. She was not tall but very cute, and their first encounter was when he accidentally knocked her out with a basketball during a game and hurriedly took her to the nurse's office. After that incident, they became acquainted, and before Amanda realized what was happening, Samuel was with Jennifer.
And it was during the time that Samuel was dating this girl that she discovered that this master, who had always been scowling at her, could also be gentle.
He smiled so tenderly and radiantly at other girls. So, it turned out that he wasn't incapable of gentleness, just not towards her.
Back then, Amanda had no time for sorrow. Ever since Samuel and Jennifer became a couple, Jennifer's breakfast affairs had fallen on Amanda's shoulders.
Jennifer liked buns from North City, so Amanda had to wake up at five in the morning, travel to North City to buy buns, and deliver them to Samuel, only to watch him take the breakfast she'd bought to Jennifer's class.
She fetched meals for Jennifer, did her laundry, and even took notes for her—all to give Samuel time to date Jennifer.
Their relationship lasted only three months.
After advancing to the next grade level, Jennifer failed her middle school exams and went abroad. Naturally, Samuel broke up with her.
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