Part 3The Breakup Bonus

After that, I didn't see Ethan again.

Naturally, meetings with Lucas became even fewer.

Grandma's surgery was very successful, and she was discharged after recuperating in the hospital for a while.

Suddenly, broke up with Ethan, Grandma recovered.

Life suddenly became empty. Apart from classes and part-time jobs, there was nothing else.

But I said it.

I am a love-brain and a simp.

Giving up a relationship suddenly, as if missing a spiritual pillar, made me unaccustomed.

Just like in high school, always needing to find a crush.

Not dating, just pure crushing.

This can add motivation to my study and life.

So when another one of Ethan's bros, Xavier, found me, blinking and asking "Can you be with me,"

I agreed.

He treated me well, bought me flowers and gifts, and hired the best therapist in the state to take care of Grandma.

When I was young, my parents left me to go abroad. Every time school let out, other kids had parents to pick them up.

But Grandma had bad legs, so I usually walked home slowly by myself.

Later, Grandma got sick, and her memory became poor.

Finally, she didn't even remember me.

And Xavier would wait at my classroom door every day after school, and would boil soup for me according to recipes when I was sick.

In a trance, I felt that I was also being loved.

After recovering, to repay him.

I decided to make a batch of my best cookies for him.

Carrying the bag to the basketball court, I was looking for Xavier.

The next second, the bag in my hand was empty.

Ethan unscrewed the jar cap skillfully, complaining:

"Why cookies again? I'm sick of eating them."

"Now you finally willing to talk to me?"

I frowned, reaching out to him: "Give it back."

He was displeased: "Still angry?"

Immediately, Xavier grabbed the bag from his hand:

"Ethan, forgot to tell you, she is my girlfriend now."

Ethan froze, finally reacting.

The raised corner of his mouth flattened, sneering at Xavier:

"What, you lack a simp that much?"

Xavier was noncommittal, opened the cookie box to look, and smiled at me with curved eyes:

"Thanks Wendy. What do you want to eat later? I'll take you."

Ethan looked at me again:

"Copying the same set you used to chase me? Wendy, can you be a bit more creative as a simp?"

As soon as the words fell, I felt a burning gaze on me.

It was Lucas.

He changed clothes and came out after playing, just in time to hear Ethan's words.

At this moment, he was frowning at me.

As if asking me with hatred why my love brain acted up again.

Although I felt Ethan's words just now were slander, facing Lucas, I still felt inexplicably guilty.

Xavier protected me behind him, looking at Ethan disapprovingly:

"What simp or not, Wendy obviously likes me too much to make me cookies."

After speaking, he patted my head: "Wait here obediently, I'll go change clothes and take you to eat."

Ethan snorted coldly and turned to the changing room.

Suddenly, only Lucas and I were left here.

I was still afraid of him.

Mustered up courage to greet him, then fell into silence again.

And he didn't leave.

Just as I was scrolling through my phone randomly to hide my embarrassment, he walked slowly in front of me.

"Wendy."

I looked up at the sound.

He said to me with a flat tone:

"Xavier is the same as Ethan, not a good person."

I froze.

Heard a trace of disapproval in his indifferent tone.

I couldn't help recalling the time I spent with Xavier.

He was really good to me. Just hiring a therapist for Grandma was enough for me to thank him.

It was impossible for me to break up with him directly just because of Lucas's sentence.

Even taking a step back, actions speak louder than words.

So I still shook my head and smiled politely at him:

"It's different this time. He treats me really well..."

Lucas closed his eyes.

On that face that usually had no expression, a trace of rare irritability appeared.

Seemed to think I was hopeless, extremely love-brained.

At this time, Xavier finished packing and came out.

I stood up hurriedly.

Before leaving, thinking about it, I still whispered to him:

"Our relationship is very stable now, but thank you for your kindness."

Lucas didn't look at me again, his tone returning to normal:

"Believe it or not.

"Don't misunderstand, I just purely can't stand love brains. I won't meddle anymore in the future."