Chapter 1475

"Jack wished me success in my studies at Vexburg. He even joked that one day I'd become a fearless trailblazer in Iselva's financial world. He had a smile on his face, but for some reason, I felt inexplicably annoyed. "Watching him awkwardly say goodbye, I couldn't help but call him back, asking if he had time to walk with me. It was hard to believe that eight years had passed since we first became classmates—eight full years. Maybe that was what people meant by fate. "We all had plenty of classmates over the years. But to spend eight of the best years of our youth with the same person—that was something truly rare. After all, those eight years had been some of the brightest moments of our lives. "We strolled through campus, the trees lush and green. I remembered the second time we met in college—we'd walked like this too. Back then, he was just as quiet, though a bit bolder, sneaking glances at me the whole time. "Flustered, I turned and asked why he kept looking. Surprisingly, Ja