Chapter 100: Mr. Marino, my lover
"Where are we going?" Alcinder said after some time when Elliana didn’t stop, and she stopped abruptly, making him almost bump into her back.
"I don’t know. Why did I do all that? I didn’t want to confront him. What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I feeling like this?" Elliana held her head between her hands, and Alcinder sighed.
He can understand why Elliana was losing her mind. After all, he was the first person to find her in that forest that day.
The way she was drenched in mud and had scratches on her legs and hands, he couldn’t even imagine what kind of things would’ve happened to her if she didn’t know how to fight and protect herself.
She must’ve been horrified that day. Judging from Elliana’s and Aditya’s talk earlier, it looked like they were good friends earlier before entering the university, or their friendship broke recently.
To hear that the mishap and attack on her self-respect were conducted by none other than the boy she thought was her friend must’ve broken her heart at another level.
Alcinder looked at the girl, who was barely controlling her tears.
"Come here," he said and pulled her in for a hug.
"You did nothing wrong, okay? Don’t blame yourself for any of it. I know you are hurt, but maybe things are better this way. You got to know the real face of people before he could harm and use you more, yeah?" Alcinder said, and met with such warmth, Elliana stepped closer to him before wrapping her hands around his torso.
"He wasn’t just my friend. I liked him at some point," Elliana confessed, and Alcinder sighed.
"I know," he caressed her head.