Chapter 24- Open your mouth
Morrison looked completely unfazed.
"What’s wrong with what I did?" he said casually. "You’re my girlfriend. They’re your classmates. I just wanted to help you bond with them a little—what’s wrong with hosting a little party on your behalf?"
Lilian puffed up, clearly annoyed.
"But now they all know I have a boyfriend, okay?! Didn’t we agree to keep this a secret?"
Morrison swirled the wine in his glass with leisurely elegance.
"I didn’t show up, did I? All they know is you have a boyfriend. They don’t know who."
Of course, Morrison would never admit that he absolutely did it on purpose.
As someone who’d been through it all, he knew these graduation parties like the back of his hand. They were hotbedsfor emotional confessions. Guys who had secretly liked a girl for years but never dared say a word would suddenly grow bold under the influence of alcohol and the bittersweet finality of graduation.
Confess now or regret forever.
And a girl like Lilian—gentle, graceful, and effortlessly beautiful—there were bound to be plenty of boys who secretly liked her.
Morrison didn’t care whether or not those confessions would lead anywhere. Even if it wouldn’t change a thing, just the fact that someone might confess to her was unacceptable to him.
So what did he do?