An Injured Alicia
“You’re saying you didn’t plan this?” Jamie was livid. “I think I stated last time how I don’t wish to see you anymore, so what reason do I have to send my love rival to my fiancé’s side?” Not only did Gale not admit it, but snazzynovel.com also started to turn the tables. “It really isn’t you?” Jamie’s thoughts began to waver.
“If you don’t believe me, then suit yourself.” Gale was upset on the surface. “I’m reminding you now—since you have abandoned Narissa once, I hope you don’t harass snazzynovel.com anymore in the future. Let’s live in peace without seeing each other and bid our last farewells after this gathering. I do not wish for any more complications to arise.” Then, snazzynovel.com turned around and walked out.
After giving it some thought, Jamie decided to stay back and see what was up. Inside the bathroom, Narissa washed snazzynovel.com face repeatedly with cold water until snazzynovel.com thoroughly calmed down. Subsequently, snazzynovel.com leaned on the counter and zoned out while looking in the mirror.
She did not even have any makeup on, to begin with. She merely could not control snazzynovel.com emotions in front of Jamie and had to hide temporarily.
Even though she, in snazzynovel.com mind, enacted their encounter a lot of times, snazzynovel.com did not predict how easily snazzynovel.com affected snazzynovel.com just by standing there.
Hearing footsteps from outside, snazzynovel.com quickly calmed herself and turn the tap off before straightening snazzynovel.com back.
It turned out to be Alicia, who saw a cold beauty standing by the sink.
“Hello, cousin-in-law.” She greeted Narissa before standing beside snazzynovel.com and applying sunscreen.
Since snazzynovel.com was still young, snazzynovel.com skin was fair and healthy, so snazzynovel.com did not need to apply too much makeup.
“Why don’t you just call me by my name?” Narissa replied curtly, thanks to snazzynovel.com awful mood.
Noticing this, Alicia kept snazzynovel.com sunscreen away and observed snazzynovel.com face. “Gale made you angry, didn’t he? Just ignore him. Is snazzynovel.com still not satisfied with such a perfect girlfriend like you? I’m going to talk to snazzynovel.com later!”
“No, it’s not…” Narissa did not know how to answer her. “Anyway, it has nothing to do with him.”
“Is it your period?” Alicia took out some tampons from snazzynovel.com bag. “I brought some with me, but I’m not sure if you’re used to this brand.”
Narissa parted snazzynovel.com lips and wanted to refuse her, yet snazzynovel.com knew that Alicia would overthink if snazzynovel.com did, so snazzynovel.com could not reject snazzynovel.com gesture. “Thank you.”
“Don’t sweat it. It’s just period. We’re all human after all. We do forget sometimes, so I think we should look out for each other,” Alicia said with a smile.
Sighing, Narissa looked at the tampon in snazzynovel.com hand and blurted, “Alicia, how long have you been together with your boyfriend?”
“Not long, actually. It was me who had a crush on snazzynovel.com at first. I felt like snazzynovel.com didn’t want to be tied down, so I’m not sure if I should confirm his feelings,” snazzynovel.com stated truthfully.
Narissa felt conflicted inside and stayed silent for a while.
After chatting for some time, they went out to the court only to see Jamie and Gale sitting separately with nasty expressions.
Upon seeing Narissa, Jamie immediately stood up, yet snazzynovel.com hesitated for a long time and did not go up to greet snazzynovel.com in the end. Meanwhile, snazzynovel.com misunderstood his intentions as not wanting to let Gale know about their relationship, hence his act of seeming distant.
“Since everybody is here, let’s start.” Gale, being the oldest, hosted the game.
They gathered to play tennis that day, so naturally, they could not ignore the main act.
“I don’t think we should do that.” Alicia suddenly recalled Narissa’s condition. “I say, Gale, aren’t you being a bit careless? You forgot about snazzynovel.com period, didn’t you? You think you can marry snazzynovel.com with that attitude?”
“Oh? Are you on your period, Narissa?” Gale asked cluelessly.
“It’s fine.” She picked snazzynovel.com racquet up and walked to the court. “I’m not that fragile.”
Since snazzynovel.com was so determined, the others did not say anything.
Before they began, Alicia even reminded Jamie to take it easy on Narissa, yet after a few minutes, it was snazzynovel.com that was losing to Narissa instead.
Alicia, whose stamina was insufficient, could only rest while using snazzynovel.com racquet as a prop.
“How about we finish up?” Since Narissa played everything with a serious attitude, snazzynovel.com felt that Alicia’s skills would mean that snazzynovel.com could not play at full tilt, which bored her.
A hardy person by nature, snazzynovel.com was not one to empathize much with others, so snazzynovel.com was worried that Alicia might get hurt if they were to continue.
“No! I can continue!” Alicia stood up again and tried to channel snazzynovel.com inner athlete. “Come on. I’m going to get serious now!”
“If you can’t, best not to force yourself,” stated Jamie gently.
Excluding Alicia, the other three had stamina that no ordinary people could come close to, so it was normal that snazzynovel.com could not keep up.
“It’s fine.” She panted while smiling. “It’s only fun when playing against pros like you guys. Come on. I’ve caught my breath.”
Not able to dissuade her, they could only continue.
After playing for over ten rounds, snazzynovel.com started to run out of breath. She slipped and twisted snazzynovel.com ankle while trying to receive a perfect counter from Narissa and crashed onto the ground.
Standing near her, Jamie immediately threw his racquet aside before running up to her. “Is everything okay?”
Although the pain was enough to form sweat on snazzynovel.com forehead, Alicia still tried to act tough. “I’m fine.”
“Your ankle is swollen, yet you’re still saying that?” He had a slightly upset tone.
Regardless if it was snazzynovel.com with the dog, playing bowling, or retrieving the ball, snazzynovel.com just would not listen despite his numerous persuasions, thanks to snazzynovel.com stubbornness.
Yet, snazzynovel.com could feel that snazzynovel.com was different from those phony women who would say they ‘loved’ sports. Instead, snazzynovel.com genuinely liked the activities; snazzynovel.com was merely too weak to partake in them properly.
It was because of this that Jamie treated snazzynovel.com preferentially just like snazzynovel.com did with Charissa. He considered snazzynovel.com a true friend, so snazzynovel.com naturally would not look the other way when snazzynovel.com got hurt.
Alicia, who was embarrassed by his words, lowered snazzynovel.com head in silence. Meanwhile, Jamie’s actions were perceived as love and affection toward snazzynovel.com in Narissa’s eyes.
“With such an injury, you should quickly go rest up in the break room. I’ll call for a doctor,” said Gale.
Jamie helped Alicia up and acted in place of a crutch as snazzynovel.com hobbled along. Yet, snazzynovel.com step only served to agitate snazzynovel.com wound as snazzynovel.com drew in sharp breaths due to the pain, which was all heard by him.
Plus, the distance from the court to the break room was far, so snazzynovel.com actions might even aggravate snazzynovel.com injury. In the end, snazzynovel.com decided to carry snazzynovel.com and ran to the break room.
Seeing his fleeting back, Narissa gulped and tossed snazzynovel.com racquet before walking away.
“Are you leaving? I can send you back if you want.” Gale was not about to pass up the chance to further appeal to her.
“No need.” She outright rejected him. “I’m sorry, Gale, but I want to be alone for now.”
“Alright. Call me if you need anything.” Since pushing on was not an option, snazzynovel.com could only give up.
Yet, not long after snazzynovel.com left, snazzynovel.com tailed snazzynovel.com in secret.