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Chapter 768
He switched his phone to Do Not Disturb mode, dedicating his full attention to his wife while they enjoyed a
barbecue.
Lennon returned to her rented house,
Stuck in a state of anxiety, she could only pace the room non–stop.
She and Baillie were part of several common group chats after some hesitation, she found Baillie in one of them,
and using the excuse that she had something to discuss with him, she added him on WhatsApp.
Lennon felt she had a decent understanding of Baillie.
Baillie came from a very privileged family and was well-mannered.
If she, a girl, took the initiative to add him on WhatsApp, he would accept out of courtesy, even if his wife didn’t like
it.
However
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter sending the friend request, a minute passed, five minutes, ten minutes, all the way until late at night.
Baillie did not accept her friend request.
*ARGH!!!*
Lennon forcefully threw her phone onto the sofa, shouting blood–curdling scream.
“Lennon, you need to chill. He probably didn’t see your friend request because of that annoying person harassing
him. Once he sees it, he’ll definitely accept!”
Lennon held her head her emotions on the brink of collapse. She started to console herself.
She calmed down a bit, she picked her phone again and started to wait for Baillie’s friend request acceptance
notification.
Half an hour passed, finally, her phone buzzed.
She quickly picked it up but discovered, it wasn’t a friend request acceptance notification.
Instead, a group chat suddenly became active.
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The first to message was a classmate of Baillie’s, also the group admin, who posted a screenshot to the group.
Then tagged everyone: OMG, the genius got married so young?
Lennon stared at the message, the color draining from her face.
Then she opened the screenshot.
It was a screenshot of Baillie’s Instagram post, five minutes ago.
“Capturing a cute moment of my wife.”
Lennon had added Baillie on WhatsApp with one account.
But he never posted on Instagram.
Occasionally, there would be some updates, but it was all academic research.
While Lennon was still in shock,
The group chat was already buzzing with discussion.
“Wow, the genius got married so young?”
“Post all the pictures fast, and we want to see the cute moments of the genius and his wife. Hurry up and post nine
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmpictures to the group!”
“I’ve never heard of Baillie being in a relationship before. He suddenly got married is it a shotgun wedding?”
Amidst the heated discussion,
Another person who had Baillie on WhatsApp posted all nine pictures to the group.
“To be honest, although she’s not stunningly beautiful, she is cute. If it were me, I’d be smitten too!” The person
who posted the pictures added this comment.
Lennon opened the pictures one by one.
Aside from the fifth one, all others were of Paige from Baillie’s perspective.
But the fifth one was what hit Lennon the hardest.
Under the halo of the street light.
Two hands, one large, one small, tightly interlocked.
Their shadows cast on the ground, huddled close together.
Baillie took all nine pictures.
He had his phone in hand all the time, but he didn’t accept her friend request.
In Lennon’s mind, here was a tense string that suddenly broke.
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