Chapter 125 Sweet Dreams
The morning's events left me dazed all through class, and I shuffled out with the crowd afterward.
I never thought having breakfast would make the whole school talk.
On the way, people pointed and stared. A junior even stood on a flower bed, cupped her hands around her mouth, and shouted, "Go be happy, Jane!"
All I could do was smile and wave back gratefully in return.
I finally escaped the onlookers, only to see Daniel walking toward me.
He was alone, in simple sportswear, tall and slender, slowly approaching.
My head started to ache, and my eyes felt uncomfortable.
He stopped in front of me, his brows cold and eyes sharp.
"What do you want?" I clutched my books tightly and took two steps back.
I wasn't a coward, but if I didn't keep my distance, Zoe might pop out and say something unpleasant, and I'd be in trouble.
Now that I was about to have a boyfriend, I didn't want any rumors, or I'd be letting him down.
"Jane, are you really with Brad?" Daniel asked coolly.
"Is that a problem?" I retorted, "Who I'm with has nothing to do with you."
Daniel's face changed suddenly.
He stepped forward, trying to grab my hand, but I dodged.
He urgently took another step closer.
I saw a flash of madness and embarrassment in his eyes. He said anxiously, "Don't avoid me, Jane. Break up with Brad. You two just don't fit. If you want a boyfriend and don't like me, that's fine. I have plenty of great friends you can pick from, just not Brad. Please?"
He was the one who urged me to get a boyfriend, supposedly for my own good.
Now that I was about to have one, he was here to persuade me to break up.
'Daniel, what exactly do you want?' I thought.
But no matter what he wanted, he had no right to interfere in my affairs.
Back then, I gave him the chance to be part of my life, but he didn't care. Now he was playing this game, and I didn't care either.
"Jane, I know asking you to get a boyfriend hurt you, so you want to find someone to get back at me. But I regret it. Asking you to find a boyfriend was the dumbest thing I've ever done. I've been trying to make it right. I've treated you so sincerely, and you must understand my feelings by now. All the past mistakes were mine; I was blind and didn't recognize my own feelings. Losing you was my own fault. Now that I've realized my mistake, give me a chance to make amends. Don't be with Brad, leave him. You two have such a big age gap, so you're not suitable. You can't ruin your life just to get back at me. Jane, break up with Brad, okay?"
I looked at him speechlessly, finding his reasoning really amusing.
He thought I was with Brad to get back at him, which was ridiculous.
Did he think too highly of himself, or was he too confident in the feelings I once had for him, to say such shameless things?
Daniel, the guy I once liked, was long gone.
I shot back, "You're wrong. Whether I choose Brad or someone else is none of your business. And you know we were never together. Whether Brad is right for me is between him and me."
I wasn't trying to hurt anyone, just stating facts. But Daniel got anxious.
"Jane, wake up. Brad is arrogant and conceited; how could he really like you? If I had known you'd choose Brad, I wouldn't have called Louis that day."
So it was Daniel who called Louis when Megan caused a scene.
Daniel was quite a character, just a bit shameless.
One day he was clear-headed, the next he was confused. One moment he said he loved me, the next he was indulging Zoe.
'What's his deal? Does he think he's the master of the world, that everyone has to follow his whims?' I thought.
I was speechless.
Luckily, he woke me up back then; otherwise, I might have spent my life being manipulated by him.
But Brad is the one I plan to spend my life with. I won't let anyone slander him, not even Daniel.
That's how I was—persistent and loyal, willing to give everything for the one I love, unafraid of death or injury, never regretting.
I once wanted to treat Daniel this way, but he discarded me like yesterday's trash.
But Brad treated me sincerely, considered me his world and his treasure.
Based on their actions now, who I should choose was obvious.
I angrily said, "That's my business, not yours. Don't speak ill of Brad, got it?"
I turned and left. With him around, even the air felt thin, making it hard to breathe.
"Jane, are you really going to be with Brad? Have you forgotten me?" Daniel shouted desperately, his voice tinged with a pain I couldn't understand, "Jane, you liked me so deeply. How can you be with Brad? What about me, Jane?"
His sorrowful eyes spread pain.
'But what's the point of his belated plea? What right does he have to question me now? Five years have passed, and he comes to talk about the past. Doesn't he know everything ended in high school? My life has long been unrelated to him!' I thought angrily.
"Daniel, maybe I really liked you back then. Because of how you hurt me, I couldn't move on for years, and I was in pain. But now I understand that my feelings for you were just a youthful pursuit of something beautiful, like a dream. When the dream ends, everything is over, as if it never happened. That's what you are to me. My feelings for you were not love." I tried to explain, though he understood everything, and there was no need for an explanation.
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