C142 Let Him See the True Colors of Josie.

"..."

After a long time, Reece still didn't respond. Lydia frowned.

"Reece..."

When she saw the man on the bed with his eyes closed, she frowned again.

He was asleep?

Wasn't that a little too fast?

She knew that he was pretending to be asleep to avoid this topic.

However, she couldn't avoid this topic. He had to come to this step no matter what.

Lydia withdrew from the man's embrace and stood by the bedside, looking down at Reece from top to bottom. "I'll trouble you to prepare the documents when I return to the country. Let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the divorce."

"..."

The person on the bed still did not react. Lydia raised her eyebrows helplessly.

She looked away and sat down by the desk, taking out a pen and paper to practice her manuscript.

Ever since the incident with the Ellis family, she felt that being strong was so important.

Only by being strong could she protect the people she wanted to protect. Only by being strong would others be afraid of her and not dare to trample on her.

Therefore, she had been working hard to listen and practice, working hard to enrich herself and become stronger.

Because she was immersed in practicing, she naturally didn't notice that the man on the bed had opened his black eyes and was staring at her with a complicated expression.

She drew him. Although there was no communication, they actually got along very well.

After an unknown period of time, the door suddenly became noisy as if there were a lot of people rushing downstairs.

"Hurry up, hurry up. Otherwise, we won't be able to get a seat in the front row." A girl outside the door saw everyone rushing downstairs and urged her short-haired friend.

Her friend pursed her lips in disdain.

"Isn't it just a lecture? I don't care. I just want to know when my Author will come to school. It's been half a month, and I haven't seen him."

"You actually don't know? Your Author classmate's family came to apply for suspension two days ago! I'm afraid he won't be able to come to school again."

Lydia's ears perked up when she heard the two girls chatting outside the door. Her pencil in her hand paused for a moment.

Author had been suspended from school?

Why would he suddenly be suspended?

Could it be...?

"How could he be suspended? Who told you that?" The girl's anxious voice sounded from outside the door.

"My uncle is the director of the school administration. Two days ago, I went to his house and heard him talk about it." The girl saw that there was no one else around, so she slowly continued, "It was said that Author fell in love with a girl, but the Santana family didn't agree, so they restricted his freedom."

As expected, she had guessed it right.

Because the Santana family was dissatisfied with Author's girlfriend, the elders of the Santana family stopped him from studying.

To be able to cause the Santana family to obstruct him so much, it seemed that this time, Author had really moved his heart.

It was rare.

It was rare that the sloppy boy would be so serious about a girl.

She hoped that they could overcome the difficulties together and be together forever.

Although they were just friends, she still gave them her blessings in her heart.

At this moment, Reece pursed his thin lips into a straight line. The jealousy in his eyes surged. "You care a lot?"

"What? What?" Lydia froze on the spot with a blank face.

The man spat out the words, "Author."

"Oh... I guess so." Of course, he cared about his friend.

"..."

Hearing this, Reece's heart was filled with jealousy.

Even though his heart was already filled with jealousy, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he asked casually, "It seems that you two are very close?"

"Normally..." Lydia lowered her head and continued to draw. "They can be considered friends."

"Oh, I see." Reece's expression was indifferent, but his entire body seemed to be melting under the scorching sun.

He relaxed his eyebrows and walked out of the bed.

Seeing that he was about to walk out, Lydia stopped him. "Ahem... Are you going to leave just like that?"

"Why? Can't I?"

"If your classmates see you leaving like this, I'm afraid that the entire sixth floor will explode." It would be strange if the girl's dormitory didn't explode.

Lydia pinched her forehead and took a scarf from the closet. She threw it to him and said, "This is for you."

"?" Reece's dark eyes were filled with doubt as he grabbed the scarf.

"Shut your face, lest you cause a ruckus."

"..."

As she spoke, she stuck her head out.

The noisy corridor was now empty.

What was going on? Why was there no one around?

She walked out of the dormitory in confusion and looked around. All the other dormitories were locked, and there was no movement at all.

"Where did everyone go?"

"They went to listen to the design class."

Just as she was wondering, Josie walked out of the dormitory with her walking stick.

Josie smiled provocatively, "Tsk, tsk, tsk... Look at you. It seems that you don't feel good about coming to University of Goulcrest."

"..."

"Even if you don't feel good, you still have to endure it. That's because this is Reece's arrangement."

Josie purposely emphasized the word "Reece" to provoke her.

How could she not know what Josie was thinking?

Josie, who was looking at her coldly, landed behind the door. Reece smiled coldly and said, "He's really meticulous with his arrangements."

Sensing the resentment in her heart, Reece frowned. "..."

"Lydia, you are really pitiful." Josie, who was trying to find an opportunity to puff up her chest, did not notice the man's existence at all. She walked up to Lydia and whispered in her ear, "Even if you have solved the misunderstanding between you and him, so what? He never loved you, but the dead person."

Usually, Lydia didn't want to argue with Josie, but when she glanced at the man behind the door, she changed her mind.

She felt that it was a good idea to let him see Josie's true face.

Thinking of this, Lydia raised her eyebrows and looked at Josie, "Why do you think so?"

"Just because I am that person's sister, he chose to forgive me and even helped me return to University of Goulcrest. This is enough to prove that he has a deep love for that dead man." Josie purposely twisted the truth and mistakenly thought that this would be a painful stab to Lydia's heart.

However, Lydia, who was standing opposite her, burst out laughing. Josie frowned in confusion. "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at your big heart."

"???"

Seeing that Josie was confused, Lydia cleared her throat and continued, "He intentionally arranged for you to stay in the same dormitory as Anne. I'm afraid that only you would misunderstand such an obvious act of favoritism."

"…" Having been poked in her weak spot, Josie's hand clenched into a fist. Because of the excessive force, her nails left bloody marks on her palm.

Although the truth was as such, Josie refused to admit defeat in front of Lydia. She forcefully smashed her teeth and swallowed it.

She pretended to not believe it and pushed away Lydia. "Stubborn!"

Lydia staggered backwards and was about to hit the wall when a big hand landed on her shoulder. Then, she was pulled into a warm embrace.

The man lowered his head and glanced at the little person in his arms. When his dark eyes landed on Josie’s hand, his eyes were filled with a sinister look. “I really underestimated your ability to die.”

Josie’s heart trembled and cold sweat dripped down her back.