Chapter 129
Watched in silence, Alarieka clicked out and went back to Kieran’s WhatsApp page. Alarieka’s hand moved to Kieran’s WhatsApp profile, and her finger hovered over the delete button for a long time. She was silent for a while, really hesitant, unsure if she should delete Kieran. She let go of Kieran, but she couldn’t let go of those chat logs. Behind her, Jaylene suddenly turned over and mumbled sleepily. Her heart skipped a beat, thinking she’d bothered her again.
After she realized it, her finger was already on the delete key. Kieran was deleted. She froze for a moment, then let it go. That was what she wanted. She didn’t think about it anymore or get hung up on it. She turned off her phone screen and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
The next day, after school, she and Jaylene set up the stall at the school gate like usual. To Alarieka’s surprise, the line in front of the stall was still really long, and business was still booming. Alarieka and Jaylene were super busy. After a whole night of work, she and Jaylene came home tired. When Kieran called, Alarieka was really tired and just picked up without thinking. “Hello, who is this?” That side was quiet for a moment. The voice on the other end was deep: “Alarieka.” Alarieka suddenly lifted her eyelids and stared blankly for a while. She just remembered, last night she only deleted Kieran’s WhatsApp and forgot to block Kieran’s number.
She pressed her lips together. “What’s up?” Kieran’s voice came through the phone, sounding a bit upset: “Why did you delete me?” Alarieka was silent for a moment and said calmly, “Is there a problem?” She threw the question back at Kieran. Just like she said, even if the WhatsApp connection was still there, so what? Kieran’s voice got lower, and it was commanding, leaving no room for argument: “Add it back.” Alarieka hung up the phone right away. She went ahead and put Kieran’s number on the blacklist too. That felt good. This felt really awesome.
On the other end, Kieran stared at the phone screen after the call was hung up, veins popping on his forehead, his dark eyes gloomy, lips pressed in a straight line, and his whole vibe looked scary.
When Roschelle came in, she was shocked when she saw it: “Kier, what happened? What’s going on?” When he saw it was Roschelle, Kieran barely held back some of his anger and said quietly, “It’s nothing.” After that, he tapped the screen a few times and called Alarieka again, who had hung up on him. It was just that the gloomy vibe around him still hadn’t gone away, and both his expression and what he was doing showed how dark his mood was right then.
Roschelle could tell Kieran’s anger wasn’t aimed at her. But her heart still skipped a beat. The only one who could make Kieran have such a big mood swing was Alarieka. She quietly walked over to Kieran, stood by his side, and secretly looked at his phone screen. Sure enough, what she saw was Alarieka. And also... Roschelle squinted her eyes a bit, and her breathing got heavier. Earlier, she had noticed that Kieran’s contact name for Alarieka in his phone was Cutie Pie. She carefully asked Kieran about it and wanted to know how this note “Cutie Pie” came about.
Kieran said at the time that Alarieka took his phone and changed it herself. She let out a sigh of relief, but got nervous again and tried to act casual as she asked, “Are you guys that close? She could even take your phone and change your contact name.” Kieran gave a soft scoff, his brows still gentle: “Let her be.” Roschelle was startled by this answer. Then she tried to say as gently as possible, “Kier, but I don’t like it, can you change it?” She remembered Kieran answered okay quickly. For this, she even got a bit excited. She didn’t expect Kieran still hadn’t changed the note. Up until now, Alarieka’s name in Kieran’s phone was still “Cutie Pie.” What a spoiled nickname, it showed how special their relationship was. She forced a smile: “Kier, you-” She was just about to speak when Kieran picked up his phone and held it to his face to answer the call. She shut her mouth at the right moment, her eyes fixed on Kieran with a tension she didn’t even notice herself. Before long, the phone on the other end started to say, “The number you dialed is powered off, please try again later…” Kieran looked even more upset, hung up, and called again.
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