Chapter 45: Alex, Do You Like Aurora Moon?
Aurora was unsure how to respond. She kept her lips tightly sealed and remained silent, as the explanation she had given earlier felt the most natural.
"Have you forgotten how to speak?" Alex asked again, his tone growing impatient.
Taking a deep sigh, she replied helplessly, "Alex, didn’t you say earlier not to give the same explanation? I don’t have any other explanation apart from that."
’Is she telling the truth?’ Alex thought, looking at her innocent expression with confusion.
They stared at each other, remaining in silence for a while.
Soon after, Alex took a deep breath, stepped a few paces away from her, and placed a cigarette between his lips after retrieving it from his pocket.
He didn’t light the cigarette immediately; instead, he gazed at the moon in the dark sky, trying to calm his restless thoughts. His suspicions about the girl grew when he noticed her walking toward Aurora’s house in the middle of the night.
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Earlier, when he intended to get something from the kitchen, his feet led him to the backyard, where he unexpectedly found himself at Aurora’s house.
He was shocked to see a woman trying to open the gate.
For a moment, he thought it was Aurora finally showing herself to him.