Chapter 137
137 Suspicious
“I’m starting to dislike her,” one girl said, who was immediately agreed by the other.
“It’s not just you, I’m the same way.”
“I thought I was the only one who found her attitude increasingly annoying, but it turns out you guys are thinking the same thing.”
Violet chuckled in annoyance as she set her glass down a little tightly, in a mess of emotions. Her eyebrows shot up sharply, then she said, “Ever since Luna’s been seeking attention from all the guys we like, I’ve felt something strange about her.”
“You’re right! I thought so too! Not to mention that we always fail at romance because all the guys we like end up liking Luna,” Tina hissed in annoyance, as she recalled the annoying incidents that kept coming up whenever they all talked about the guys they had crushes on.
Because usually after that, their relationship with the guy would not continue. That’s because of Aluna. Yes, the burgundy-haired girl with her signature cute face was able to attract many men, even men who were being favored by her own friends. However, as if she did not feel guilty, Aluna continued to behave as usual and even became more so. It did not matter how Violet and the others felt because of her indifferent attitude like that.
“Even though we have always defended her, we bullying Kalea who used to be her close friend. But why is she so ungrateful?” Violet continued to grumble.
They were now at the cafe after their lectures had ended. Usually, Aluna joined them, but today Aluna could not join them because she had something to do. Of course the others could not force it, and finally they talked about Aluna from behind.
Their chatter was getting more and more exhausted, which finally made them inevitably reveal their hearts to each other about Aluna.
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“How is your relationship with Thomas, Georgia?” Violet asked with concern mixed with worry because Aluna could have done the same thing, like she and other friends who had been victimized by Aluna.
“It’s still going well, today he promised to pick me up,” Georgia answered while blushing, typical of a woman in love. However, the feelings of other friends are even more disturbed and anxious.
Like Aluna did before, they were afraid that Aluna would do the same thing to Georgia. It can be said that compared to the others, Georgia is a girl who does not interfere too often and is more silent. Sometimes she also reprimanded Violet and other friends when they crossed the line.
Lately, Georgia has been paying a lot of attention to Thomas, a guy who is in the basketball club and is always adored by the girls there. Georgia knows that it’s impossible to get close to a handsome man with so many advantages like Thomas.
However, with the support of her friends, Georgia’s confidence finally grew and grew again. Moreover, the response given by Thomas seems to be quite good, which makes Georgia even more hopeful.
“Aren’t you guys dating yet?” Mia asked curiously and impatiently. Georgia shook her head slowly, a faint smile still etched on her face as she looked at the phone screen displaying the chat room between Georgia and Thomas.
“Hurry up and date him, you can’t fail like us. What if Luna snatches him away again?”
“Violet’s right, we don’t want you to have a bad fate like us,” Tina said even more anxiously, her memory coming back to the moment where Aluna snatched the man she liked. Starting from her, Mia, and then Violet.
She did not want Aluna to act like that again with Georgia.
“I’m not sure Thomas has more feelings for me, I don’t want to rush things,” Georgia replied, feeling bad that her friends were so worried. “I’m fine if Luna snatches the guy I like too, after all, our relationship is only limited to friends.”
“Ugh, but if Luna doesn’t do whatever she wants, our relationships with the guys we like will work out just fine!” Violet said it with a lot of emotion.
“Hey, speaking of Luna. After what she’s done and not even realizing the harm she’s done, I think she likes being the center of attention,” Tina sneered as she stirred her drink lazily with a straw.
“It’s like she thinks she’s the prettiest girl on campus, especially with all the guys always saying hello and approaching her,” Mia added, with the others agreeing.
“It’s obvious, isn’t it? She doesn’t want other men to like us, as if she wants to be the most shining and noticed woman,” Violet snorted, and it seemed that she was the one who was most annoyed by Aluna’s attitude. Whereas before that, Violet was the one who always defended Aluna desperately and even often bothered Kalea.
“The more I think about it, Luna is indeed very suspicious.”
“Do you regret being friends with her?” Georgia asked who had been mostly silent, watching intently before she finally spoke up.
Instead of answering, Violet asked Georgia back. “What about you? I’m just annoyed with her not caring about us. Well, we all know she’s always caring, but somehow I think even that’s fake.”
“I even think Luna thinks of us as her slaves. Especially you, Violet.”
“Huh? Why me?” Violet asked confusedly as she frowned.
“Considering you’re the one who’s always at the forefront of protecting Luna, while that person is always sitting at the end of the class humming away.”
Hearing that, Violet’s lips pursed even more, but she could not deny it. Because Mia’s words were true. And now Violet was ashamed of doing something like that.
“By the way, guys. I have something to tell you,” Tina said, causing the three girls to turn their attention to Tian.
“What is it, Tina? Why are you so serious all of a sudden?” Mia asked curiously.
“What? Just tell us right away, don’t keep us waiting,” Violet added, to which Georgia agreed with a slow nod.
“I think I know who spread the news about Kalea being a sugar baby,” Tina said, taking the three girls by surprise. Very surprised though mixed with confusion and curiosity. They had mixed feelings and wanted Tina to continue. “Have you guessed who it is?”
“Luna?” Mia guessed and immediately got an excited nod from Tina.
“Ping-pong, you get 100 points, Mia.”
“Wait, you have to explain what you mean by guessing like that!” Georgia exclaimed, still in shock. She had never been that suspicious of a man or a woman.
Tina took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly before beginning the explanation she was about to give to her three friends.
“I saw it myself when Luna posted the news about Kalea on the bulletin board and other places,” Tina said.
“...Are you serious?”
“How could I lie about something like this, Violet? It’s just that I’m not ready to tell you yet,” Tina said sadly, her feelings all mixed up. On the other hand, she still did not want to believe what she saw herself do at that time, when Aluna secretly looked for a safe place to paste the disgraceful news about Kalea.
However, over time and after increasingly realizing how bad Aluna’s attitude really was, Tina became even more convinced that Aluna could really do such a bad thing. Tina did not know what to do, holding it in for a long time was not an easy thing for Tina, because she still wanted to make sure and convince herself that Luna was a good girl.
Violet sighed harshly, she really did not expect something this big to actually happen and her best friend was the one who saw it.
Georgia looked disappointed and said, “Why didn’t you tell us, Tina? Now we look like clowns! We vilifying Kalea, but it turns out Luna was in the wrong too.”
“What? Why is Luna wrong too? It’s clearly Kalea’s fault for being such a slut! I’m sure Luna actually advised her and didn’t want Kalea to do such a disgusting thing!” Violet disagreed with Georgia.
Georgia was naturally surprised. “I thought you wouldn’t defend Luna anymore, knowing what she did to all of us.”
“But this is a different matter, Georg. Kalea was wrong, Luna must have felt uncomfortable being friends with someone like that. Maybe it was because Kalea was difficult to advise that Luna resorted to such cruel means.”
Mia, Tina, and Georgia looked at Violet in disbelief. Violet’s thinking was completely different from theirs.
“Violet, are you stupid? It shouldn’t be the way you think!”
“What? Why?!”
“What if Luna is actually jealous of Kalea?”
“Huh? Jealous? Isn’t that impossible? Luna is way above Kalea, right?”
The three people other than Violet rolled their eyes lazily, sometimes Violet’s brain had a hard time capturing information quickly. Even so, they were very fond of Violet.
“Luna could have been jealous of Kalea, like she was with us. Luna always snatches the guys we like, right? That doesn’t rule out Luna doing the same thing to Lea, right?” Tina explained, and Violet fell silent, still digesting her friend’s explanation.
“And it’s possible that because Luna didn’t succeed, she got upset and ended up spreading her friend’s shame,” Mia added, enlightening Violet further.
A small grin spread across Violet’s face as she began to understand what her three friends meant.