Chapter 2

“You said I cheated with *who*?! Brandon?! How is that even possible?!”

The young girl was always so impulsive. I shook my head, took a sip of coffee, my mood surprisingly light.

“How could I ever get involved with Brandon? I absolutely despise him!”

Luna paced back and forth, as if wrestling with an impossible riddle.

I calmly gathered the scattered photos of Chloe and Brandon entering and leaving a hotel from the table.

If it came to a lawsuit, these would all be evidence.

“Luna,”

I cleared my throat. “If you were setting a password for a safe, what would you choose?”

Chloe had a safe in her study, and I didn’t know the password.

Luna looked at me strangely.

“Your birthday, of course. Aren’t all my passwords that?”

I paused for a moment.

“Oh.”

The safe’s password used to be my birthday, but at some point, it had changed.

I couldn’t open it anymore.

Luna seemed to guess something. She quieted for a moment, pulling herself from her agitated state.

“Alex, don’t be sad yet.”

Luna looked a little flustered, her eyes faintly red. “There must be some misunderstanding, please believe me!”

I looked at her, gave a faint “Mhm,” and couldn’t resist pulling her into my embrace.

I yearned for her love, even knowing it should belong to the younger Alex she knew.

But I would always believe nineteen-year-old Luna.

Luna sighed in relief, instantly regaining her fighting spirit.

“Let’s go! We’ll confront Brandon!”

“I’m not going.”

Luna suddenly looked up, her eyes shining with bright affection.

“Alex, I know you’ll be uncomfortable seeing him,”

“I’ll go by myself.”

I was taken aback.

I hadn’t been afraid of Brandon for years. Chloe’s love during those years had helped me move past that bullying.

I let out a low, bitter laugh. How ironic.

The person who pulled me out of the abyss was now heading into one herself.

Looking at the spirited Luna before me, I sighed.

Brandon, having been in the entertainment industry for years, was already a seasoned schemer. Luna probably wouldn’t even get close to him.

“I’ll come with you.”

I stood up, looking directly at Luna.

I loved Chloe too much. Even knowing she’d cheated, even knowing I was going to leave her, I still loved her.

Especially nineteen-year-old Luna—that was when our love was at its peak.

Luna's ears flushed, and she looked at me cautiously.

“Alex, can I kiss you?”

Before I could answer, I felt a fleeting, soft touch on my lips. Then Luna, blushing, hugged me.

The young girl nestled her head into my neck, just like she used to.

Her voice was muffled, like a wronged kitten.

“Alex, I love you so, so much. Please believe me, I truly love you.”

I clearly heard the pounding of my own heart.

At that moment, I fell in love with Chloe all over again.

My arms stiff, I patted her back, my voice hoarse without me even realizing it.

“Chloe, if only you could love me like this forever.”

Luna didn’t speak. After a long moment, she kissed my neck.

A warm, loving, and careful kiss.

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