Couldn’t Hide the Feelings - Chapter 26

Ashley was speechless by his words.

She dared not look at Jacob and when she was nervous, her reaction was slow.

The little man in the red hat on the screen fell instantly, accompanied by a line of subtitles of “game over”.

The quiet room reverberated with the background music of the game, cheerful and loud.

In this atmosphere, it seemed too weird.

Ashley noticed that Jacob took his eyes back and played with the buttons on the controller leisurely, making a click, and the rhythm was mechanical and smooth.

Ashley didn’t know what he was thinking.

She suddenly realized that she shouldn’t have mentioned it.

Ashley’s mind went blank and she poked a watermelon into her mouth.

This season’s watermelon was not sweet, juicy but tasteless, not very delicious.

She chewed slowly and found it a little hard to swallow. It wasn’t long before she said vaguely, “I told my brother, too.”

The action of Jacob stopped.

“My friend’s brother just has a girlfriend.”

Ashley put the fork back on the plate. “Then she was not nice to my friend at all. So, brother, you’d better not have a girlfriend. ”

Hearing her words, Jacob looked at her again and thought, “Why is she not nice to your friend?”

Ashley explained in a low voice, “it seems that her brother treats her so well, so she is jealous.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Ashley searched hard for the reason in her mind and explained dryly, “If you have a girlfriend, you won’t be nice to me.”

“Kiddo, it’s still early.”

Jacob said faintly, “Maybe if you haven’t seen brother for a few years, you’ll forget all about me.”

Ashley was silent.

Jacob put the controller on the desk. “Brother will find a tender one.”

“…”

“who is also kind to Little Ashley.”

Jacob smiled gently and said carelessly, “Does it work to find one more person to be nice to you?”

Ashley stared at the watermelon and nodded slowly. “OK.”

After a long time, she suppressed the astringency in her throat and reluctantly added, “Then I have to meet her first.”

It was true that Liam had not been out for long and he came back in less than half an hour.

Ashley stopped staying here and found an excuse to go back to her room.

After Ashley went out, Liam took off his coat and asked casually, “What time is your part-time job?”

“Soon.” Jacob said, “What did you do?”

“There is a friend nearby.”

Liam lay on the bed, staring at his cell phone, without raising his eyelids. “He didn’t bring any money for dinner, so I was asked to go over and pay his bill.”

Jacob began to pack up his things. “I gotta go.”

“OK.”

He stood up, suddenly remembered what had just happened, and asked, “Liam, a question.”

“Yeap.”

“Your sister…” Jacob paused for a moment as if thinking.

“What’s wrong with my sister?” Liam was impatient. “he asked, “What do you want? ”

It was only then that Jacob finished saying, “Did your sister ever mention to you that you can’t date anyone?”

“Ah.” Liam did not expect this question and thought about it for a moment, “Yes.”

“…”

“When I was a freshman in high school, my parents thought I was in puppy love.”

Liam scratched his head and said, “She seemed to be seven or eight years old when she found out and cried.”

Jacob asked again, “What about now?”

“Now,” Liam sneered, “she doesn’t think I can find a girlfriend at all.”

“…”

“Why do you ask me about that?”

“Nothing.”

Jacob regained his mind and said with a smile, “Just came to my mind.”

Not long after returning to her room, Ashley heard the sound of Jacob leaving.

She stared at the ceiling, slammed the curtains shut, pulled the doll from one side and held it in her arms, and soon threw it away.

She turned over and lay down on the bed, feeling her heart empty.

She felt like she had heart palpitations and thought something bad would happen at any time.

‘She seems too impulsive.

She should not rely on the fact that she is young and make no secret of anything.

Did he find out?

Could he have found out?

What will happen if he finds out?

Will he think that she is very weird? Can he understand why she has such a mind?

Will he teach her a lesson and then begin to change his attitude towards her?

Or will he start to alienate her and never be as nice to her as he used to be?

None of them came to a good end.’

Ashley suddenly sat up, pulled out her cell phone from under her pillow, found Jacob’s number, and tried to explain something more, but she felt that she would only add insult to injury.

She watched the screen go dark and her nose suddenly became sore.

Ashley didn’t know what to do.

All she knew was.

This secret seemed to be undiscoverable.

Ten o’clock the next night.

At the end of the day’s work, Jacob opened the dormitory door with the key and was about to take the clothes to wash when he suddenly received a phone call from Liam.

He pressed his phone to his ear and walked in the direction of the balcony.

“Hello.”

Liam’s voice came from the receiver. “Jacob, don’t come over tomorrow, come the day after tomorrow.”

Jacob paused for a second.” What’s wrong? ”

After a few seconds of silence, Liam slurped, as if feeling speechless. “The kid was in puppy love and said she was going to find her boyfriend. Now my parents are talking to her.”

Thinking that he might have heard wrong, Jacob almost choked, “What”

Liam repeated, “Puppy love.”

Jacob remembered the little boy he saw before, “With her little classmate?”

“No.”

Liam was quite awkward, so he coughed twice, “I listened to them talking, it was online love.”

“…”

Liam, “She said she would go to her boyfriend’s city to find him.”

Jacob picked an eyebrow. “That doesn’t work.”

“Nonsense, how can she go? The kid is so ignorant. My parents have been scolding her for two hours. ”

Liam said, “She may not be in the mood to study tomorrow, so come back the day after tomorrow.”

“All right.”

Jacob could not help laughing. “Don’t be too mean to her, it’s normal to have such an idea at this age. Just reason with her. ”

“…”

“She will understand what she should know.”

Ashley thought she has come up with a brilliant idea.

Although the price was that she was reprimanded by her father, her mother, and her brother, she overheard the phone call made by Liam to Jacob and thought it was worth it.

‘Just let him know.

She doesn’t have a crush on him at all, and she already has a date.

Otherwise, according to the narcissistic character of that old man, even if there is no doubt this time, he will doubt it sooner or later.’

Ashley was absolutely sure.

If he knew her thinking, she would get a bad result.

‘What can she do?

She can do nothing but wait and love.

At least for now, until Jacob felt that she was no longer a child.’

The time for tutoring has been changed to nine o’clock on Thursday morning.

This time, Ashley got up on time and sat down at the desk in Liam’s room half an hour in advance.

Liam didn’t have a sound sleep, and he was suddenly woken up by her crackling noise. It was only 8:30.

The anger of getting out of bed came up in an instant, and the veins on his forehead jumped, “What are you doing?”

Ashley was looking for her pen and did not say a word.

Ashley pointed to the door and said in a temper, “You’d better get out before I get angry.”

“Brother, I have to study.”

Ashley opened her exercise book and said, “You should go out.”

“…”

“You can sleep in the living room.”

“…”

At this time, Liam really did not bother to pay attention to her, held back his anger, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Ashley didn’t make any other moves.

Her eyes were on the textbook, but her attention always shifted to the porch, thinking for a while about when Jacob will come, and what expression she should use to face him.

‘Or, in fact, there was no need to think about it at all.

Just act as nothing happened.

It does not seem to be right, her present situation, in his opinion, should be a very serious thing that has caused her great harm.

So she should pretend that she has just been forcibly broken up, lovelorn, and painfully numb about it.’

While thinking, Ashley looked at what Jacob told her the day before yesterday.

Soon, the doorbell rang on the porch.

Ashley subconsciously looked in the direction of Liam and found that he showed no sign of getting up.

She hesitated and had no choice but to run over and open the downstairs door for Jacob.

After waiting for a few minutes, there was a noise outside. Ashley looked through the security door and opened the door in silence.

Seeing her, Jacob raised his eyes and was slightly surprised, “Little Ashley got up so early today.”

Ashley nodded, said nothing, and went to Liam’s room.

Jacob took off his shoes and followed her, “Have you had breakfast?”

Ashley nodded again.

The two went into the room.

Liam opened his eyes sleepily, stared at the two of them, and then sat up as if trying to control his anger.

Then he hugged up the quilt and went out of the room in silence.

Jacob closed the door and said lazily, “Your brother has a bad temper.”

Ashley sat on the chair. “Mm-hmm.”

Sitting down next to her, Jacob was in no hurry to teach her. He took a pen, tapped it on the desk, and whispered, “Kiddo, brother heard that you are in puppy love.”

She knew he’d mention it.

Ashley glanced at him as if she didn’t hear him.

Jacob, “How do you know each other? Tell brother.”

“…”

“Brother can give you some advice.”

Ashley pursed her lips and said, “Why are you so nosy?”

“I just care about you,” Jacob’s eyes swept her face, the corners of his lips slightly bent, “You told brother to not date anyone, but you had already found a boyfriend.”

“…”

Jacob asked, “Your little online boyfriend asked you to come and find him?”

The boyfriend was Ashley’s made-up character, and she didn’t know what to do, so she could only nod according to his words.

“How old is her?”

Ashley thought about the age of Jacob and felt that if she said her nonexistent boyfriend was the same age as him, she would show a flaw.

She hesitated for a few seconds and said properly, “He will graduate from the university soon.”

Jacob thought that they were just playing house, and when he heard the word” university “, he doubted he ears.” Hmm, how old? ”

“Over twenty.”

The smile on Jacob’s face gradually faded. “Where did he tell you to find him?”

Ashley said with an empty heart, “Sliver River City.”

“Your,” Jacob said, “Old boyfriend.”

He lifted the corner of his mouth and said, “Does he how old you are?”

Ashley nodded hesitantly.

The smile on Jacob’s face was completely gone. He threw the pen in his hand and held out his hand to her. “Give it to me.”

Ashley looked up and said, “What do you want?”

Jacob, “Phone number.”

Ashley, “Don’t you have it?”

“I mean,” Jacob stared at her impassively, “your old boyfriend’s.”

Ashley stared wide-eyed, ” No. ”

Jacob smiled, “You even defend him.”

‘Where can she find a number for him?’

Ashley said, “I just won’t give it to you anyway.”

Ashley thought this was extremely incredible and said patiently, “listen carefully, your family won’t hurt you. They think you can’t have puppy love because such a thing may indeed hurt you. You can’t have a boyfriend until you reach adulthood and before you graduate from high school. When you grow up, you can do everything. ”

“…”

“Do you hear me?”

Ashley was silent for a few seconds and said reluctantly, “But I can’t stand the temptation.”

Jacob frowned, “what.”

“If other people have a date.”

Ashley said, “I would like to have one, too.”

“…”

‘That doesn’t make any sense.’

Jacob was speechless. “Then you want to find a boyfriend when you watch a love drama?”

“No.”

Ashley murmured, “I mean people who are close to me.”

“Why are you such a narrow-minded kiddo?” Jacob scanned her up and down and said slowly, “You can’t have a date, and you won’t allow others to date someone.”

“All right.”

Jacob spread the textbook on the desk and looked idle. “Brother won’t talk to you about what happens in the future. About your old boyfriend asking you to go to Silver River City. ”

“…”

“Coincidentally, brother lives there, and brother will go back after the holiday.”

Jacob smiled again, and the corners of his eyes bent slightly. “If I know that you go there before you became an adult.”

Ashley, “What?”

“Then Little Ashley probably also,” Jacob affectionately pinched her cheek, his voice with a shallow smile, “can not see her adult appearance.”

“….”