- 6.
I had just gotten into Jerry’s car when I saw Ivy.
“Susie, you don’t mind, do you? I begged Jerry to bring me along. I’ve never been to these kinds of events before.”
Ivy had one arm linked with Jerry’s, and he didn’t push her away. It was as if I was the outsider.
“It’s fine. Why don’t you two go then? I still have some documents to deal with.” I smiled faintly.
Jerry frowned. “Susie, you already agreed. Now you’re not going…”
“Isn’t Ivy going with you? You two can go, it’s fine. Ivy is your sister, so she counts as your family member too.” I glanced at the time. “Just drop me off at the company entrance.”
Jerry drove irritably to the company building. I went in without looking back.
“Jerry, is Susie angry?” Ivy leaned on Jerry’s shoulder.
3:44 PM
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Jerry snapped angrily, “Whatever.”
I leaned back on the sofa. My phone buzzed with a notification from one of my special follows.
Ivy had posted on Instagram. It was a photo of her leaning on Jerry’s shoulder.
[Caring is always being willing to bring me along, no matter when.]
Ivy liked to post on Instagram. I had set her as a special follow just to keep an eye on her interactions with Jerry. Now I felt there was no need for that anymore. I casually unfollowed her.
Ivy posted this specifically for me to see. No one liked it. Everyone was waiting to see how I, the official girlfriend, would react. I didn’t care. Soon it wouldn’t matter anymore.
“Susie, Jerry got drunk and fell asleep at my place.” Ivy called me using Jerry’s phone.
“Mm, then I’ll trouble you to take care of him.” Ivy made this call just to show off to me.
Ivy and Jerry were childhood sweethearts. Technically speaking, she was Jerry’s first love. Later she got sick, and Jerry’s mom wouldn’t allow them to be together. She became the one that got away for Jerry. I started to wonder if Jerry’s initial reason for being with me was just to appease his mom.
I took a shower, watched some movies, and went to sleep. In the middle of the night, I got a call from Jerry.
“Susie, I’m drunk.”
“I know. Ivy will take good care of you.” Hearing no response from the other end, I hung up and went back to sleep.
In the past, whenever I got a call that Jerry was drunk, no matter how late it was, I would immediately go pick him up and bring him home. I would even forbid him from drinking. But he would complain impatiently to his friends, “She’s really annoying. She tries to control everything
and doesn’t give me any freedom.”
“This kind of relationship is suffocating. Not like Ivy – she’ll party with me and never restricts me.”
- 7.
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To prepare for going to Beijing, I had to finish all my current work and hand it over.
For several days in a row, I was swamped at the office, busy from dawn to dusk.
Yuri felt bad for me and dragged me out for drinks. “Take a break, will you? You’ll work yourself to death at this rate.”
I smiled and decided to relax a bit.
“Seriously, are you really okay with going to Beijing? Are you okay with leaving Jerry?”
In the past, I definitely wouldn’t have been okay with it.
My dream was to marry Jerry, have kids, and live a peaceful life.
“Does Jerry know?”
I shook my head. “No, he doesn’t. Anyway, enough about that. Let’s drink!”
Things got wild and Yuri even called some male models. We partied until the wee hours.
Jerry called. “Where are you? Why aren’t you home yet?”
I tried to sober up a bit. “I’m at Yuri’s place.”
3:44 PM
