Falling for the Best Man, A Second Chance at Love - Chapter 17
I jolted awake from a dream.
A thousand tangled thoughts surged into my mind.
For the rest of the night, I tossed and turned, unable to find sleep again.
Panic gripped me.
I thought Sheng Moyang had someone else in his heart.
We were merely companions for each other in moments of loneliness.
A tacit, ambiguous arrangement between two adults, both fully aware.
All the more so, given our awkward circumstances.
His sudden confession caught me off guard.
I began to avoid him.
I wanted to withdraw from this relationship.
I had just staggered out of a fifteen-year romance, defeated.
Lost and uncertain as I was, what could I possibly offer in return for what he wanted?
