“You don’t recognize me? You don‘t remember who | am?” Sophia asked him.
Arthur lowered his head and gazed at the girl in his arms. Suddenly, he felt his heart aching as he sensed a sense of familiarity with that face. Adding on to that, her pair of eyes, which had tears welling up, were tugging on his nerves, and he felt his heart pounding for her as though he was under a spell.
“Do | know you?” he asked with a frown.
Sophia let go of his hands and looked at him in agony before asking, “Don’t think that you can act dumb, Arthur.
Just tellif you don‘t loveanymore. We can break up.” Startled, Arthur looked at this enraged girl and didn‘t know what to do.
“My nis Sophia Goodwin, and | used to be your girlfriend. | chere to see you and hear what you said.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOnce you're done talking, I'll leave and never get in your way again.” Surprised, he asked her, “What do you wantto say?” “Say you don’t loveany more or that you fell in love with someone else. Just say it. | want to hear what you have to say.” She lifted her head, and while tears were streaming down her face, she made herself look at him.
Arthur looked at the girl whose tears kept coming. His chest tightened as if something were pressing on his heart, and he found breathing impossible.
Why did | feel compelled to comfort her by wiping her tears? Even though he realized she was the girl on his phone, it was clear he had never met her.
“Say it! Why didn‘t you tellyou don’t loveanymore?” Sophia was enraged and shouted at him.
He did not respond or move away; he just gazed at her calmly.
“You don’t dare to say it, do you! Okay, then, I'll say it: let's break up! | don’t want to talk to you or think about you ever again; I'm getting rid of anything you left behind at my place and any promises you made toare now null and invalid,” Sophia exclaimed loudly to him as if she was cool about it, but tears could not fool people.
At this moment, a large dog rushed out from the side and barked madly at Sophia. Her face turned pale with fear, and even as she panicked, she picked the safest spot for protection-Arthur’s arms.
She gripped him like an octopus by wrapping her arms around his neck and bending down on her legs.
“Gritt, get out of here.” Arthur was holding a panicked girl as his dog continued to bark anxiously.
“Arthur, I'm scared. Ask your dog to go away.” Sophia clutched his neck hard, almost suffocating him.
“It will not bite you. Con down!” Unexpectedly, he didn’t try to push her away.
“No way, it'll bite me.” She was sure that the big dog considered her an enemy.
He inhaled deeply and said, “I can't breathe!” “Then, tell your dog to leave!” Sophia was annoyed.
“Gritt, go away.” The most Arthur could do was shout at his pet, and when Gritt caught on to the fact that its master was becoming irate, it moaned pitifully, turned, and walked away.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAs soon as Gritt left, Sophia refused to let go of Arthur until he finally pulled her hand away; she was thrown off balance and fell to the ground.
“Ouch!” she shouted in pain.
Arthur gazed at her while extending his hand to help her up.
“I don't need your help! You can leave now!” She decided to ignore him.
“You're lost. Letsend you back.” Arthur's surprising kindness sprang from his inability to bear the idea of leaving her alone.
Sophia stared at the man in front of her and had the impression that he didn‘t recognize her. He looked at her as if she were a total stranger; the affection he had felt for her had faded away. This feeling was far more excruciating than really putting an end to her.
“Are you sure you don‘t remember me?” she stood up and asked him.
Arthur looked over Sophia‘s face, which was covered with tear stains. Under the moonlight, she resembled a weeping lily, charming and heartbreaking.