Chapter 64

Furthermore, he had said I was pathetic himself. "Well, if he really pities me, then let it be." At least it was some kind of response. However, I had not accepted it. We walked for more than ten minutes, as if everything had been fine. I finally did not need to follow him or just look at his back. I pressed my lips together and brought myself to reluctantly say, "We won't have a future." Hearing that, he squeezed my hand and looked sideways at me with his somewhat thoughtful eyes. He raised the other hand to tousle my hair and comforted me. "I know what you're worried about, but if you're willing to stay with me, I'll handle it." I wanted to rub my face against his palm but I refrained from doing it. "You can't handle it all." "Trust me, Caroline Shaw." His voice sounded resolute. This was the first time he had called me by my full name. "Lance Gregg, I don't like you anymore." I refused him with that. He tightened her lips with something on the tip of his tongue, but he