Chapter 18: Dilemma

"Y...what do you want?" Kevin was stunned, his voice sounded stiff but his eyes kept looking at Melisa with a confused look.

"Why are you looking at me like that ?" Melisa asked, she was not happy with Kevin's look which seemed to be taking her lightly.

"No... I'm just confused, because it's really unusual for you to come here. Isn't our friendship over, right?"

"I never said that we had broken up, you were the one who distanced yourself from me."

"Hah… ? What ? I'm the one walking away from you? hahaha... that's so funny Melisa, aren't you the one who keeps busy with your personal affairs with Jack Louis so much that you forget about your friends?"

"I'm not like that, you were the one who started saying I was a liar, you said I was delusional, right? You were the one who started it first!"

"What ? When did I say you were a liar?"

"You didn't say it, but you spoke as if you were saying that I was a liar."

The fight started again, now it was even fiercer than before. They are both selfish and stubborn.

"Guys, stop it!" Heriet tried to intervene but was ignored.

"You who carelessly accuse people, can you really read minds?" Kevin became increasingly emotional with Melisa's accusations.

“Stop…. !” Heriet shouted, his patience running out with two stubborn humans like them.

Melisa and Kevin immediately fell silent when they heard the unusually loud scream from their friend.

“He…heri… ?”

"That's enough, I can't stand seeing you two like this. Even though in the past we were a triad who were always united and never had arguments like now. I...I'm confused about what to do now?" Heriet looked very sad, suddenly tears were flowing from her eyes even though she was holding back as hard as she could not to cry.

"Heri, I'm sorry..." Kevin approached Heri, he felt guilty.

"I am alright." Heriet sobbed, Kevin immediately hugged her. Maybe that's all he needs right now.

Melisa was silent, she didn't know what to do. The feeling of guilt in my heart is really big right now. He felt this friendship was broken because of his selfishness.

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Suddenly he heard a ringing sound from his cellphone. There was an incoming message, Melisa immediately read it.

From : 08890xxxxx

To: Melisa

Hi my darling, do you want to be hugged too?

"Disgusting… !" said Melisa, she immediately closed her cellphone feeling annoyed.

"Lisa, what's wrong?" Heriet asked.

“N…nothing.” Melisa hid the cellphone behind her back so as not to disturb the warm atmosphere like this.

"That person texted again?" Heriet asked.

"That person ? Who ?" Kevin was confused, because he didn't know what problem was happening to Melisa at the moment.

"There is a mysterious man who is following Lisa, he seems to be carrying out terror from SMS."

“Terror from SMS? Isn't that commonplace nowadays, it's just a fad, don't think about it."

"You are so evil, what if that person has evil intentions?" Heriet asked irritably.

"That's just an ignorant person, has he ever appeared since sending you a text like this?"

"I don't know, but this person was following me when I was at Jack's house."

"At Jack's house? what are you doing there?" Kevin started to get annoyed, his face looked like he was about to pounce on Melisa.

"Wh...so what?"

"What are you doing there?" Kevin repeated again

"I want to play, after all I've played at his house quite often!"

"You came to Jack's house without us knowing?" Kevin asked full of annoyance.

"In the end, you will definitely forbid it."

"Of course Lisa, are you crazy? no one wants to come to that house.”

"Why ? What's wrong with Jack's house?"

"I don't think there's any need to say more, you're too stupid. Besides, what's the point of approaching him?" Kevin was getting hotter, for some reason he felt very annoyed.

"Because I like Jack." Melisa answered firmly, she didn't want to hide her feelings for Jack which were now getting hotter.

Heriet and Kevin were petrified, as if they couldn't believe what they had just heard from the mouth of the stupid and innocent girl in front of them. Right now, all they have in mind is a harsh-sounding sentence, "Crazy woman," which is the word they really want to say.

"D...did I hear correctly?" Kevin asked, his mouth continuing to gape wide.

“No, you heard that right. Do I have to do it again? I like Jack and I think I've fallen in love with him, how about it? is it clear now?"

"Lisa, are you sure?" Heriet asked.

"Yes... for some reason I always miss him, he is very cold, stiff and strange but actually he is very good. He is very kind, he has helped me many times. At first I just wanted to know if he had anything to do with my illness at that time, but over time I could feel his figure inside me!" Melissa answered enthusiastically.

"You're crazy..." Kevin remained silent, his head seemed to be in deep thought. I don't know what he was thinking.

“Kevin, I know this is weird. But I'm confused, if I don't tell you two, who else should I tell?"

"Never mind Lisa, you're not wrong. Love grows without having to choose the target we will love, it comes suddenly, even to friends we have known since childhood. ” Heriet said frankly, this is like a controversy of the heart. He and Kevin seemed to experience the same feelings. Clapping one hand, to your own best friend.

Kevin moved away, his heart getting hotter. With feelings of annoyance and sadness that he closed tightly, he walked away leaving the two women who were in a dilemma.

"Kevin, where are you going?" Heriet asked.

"Get some fresh air, it's so stuffy in here!"

"Kevin, what about that mysterious man?"

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