The Girl He Left Behind Chapter 05

The Girl He Left Behind Chapter 05

Princess Cece: [Fresh gossip! Iris Hawthorne was crying again yesterday. Someone from her team saw the whole thing!]

Servant Evan: [Yeah, I heard too.]

Princess Cece: [See? My plan works~ Evan, you owe me dinner.]

This was the group chat—Evan and Celeste’s inner circle.

There were four guys total. Three were labeled “Servant.”

The odd one out was Caspian, using his real name.

I remembered Evan mentioning that Caspian joined their group late.

The reason was unclear.

I figured it was because the Rhodes family empire was massive and involved in investments.

Knowing Evan and his circle, they’d made a calculated move to pull Caspian in.

Caspian rarely spoke in the chat.

Evan was the one always flirting with Celeste.

Servant Evan: [Dinner? I buy you dinner all the time! I literally gave you one of my credit cards. Iris gave me so much crap over that.]

Princess Cece: [God, that was hilarious.]

[We’ve known each other since we were kids! Who does she think she is? Just some jealous nobody. /eye-roll.jpg]

[She’s just bitter she doesn’t have as many guy friends.]

Evan sent a “Protecting the Princess” sticker.

[Chill, babe. From now on, any gift I buy for her, you get first pick. Happy, Your Highness?]

[Hmph. That’s more like it.]

I felt sick.

I scrolled up. They chatted every single day.

Anyone watching would think they were flirting.

So this was why Evan was always late to our dates—he was with Celeste.

Even when I was sick and stuck in a hospital bed alone, he was with Celeste.

Even the Valentine’s Day gift he gave me was something Celeste didn’t want.

……

A new message popped up.

Evan had sent a private message to Caspian.

[Oh, and another thing.]

I mimicked Caspian’s terseness: [?]

[Remember Celeste’s birthday two months ago? I got wasted that night… and I stayed over at her place. Don’t slip up on that, okay?]

[Remember, that night, I was with you, okay?]

I slowly typed: [You two…?]

Evan: [Ugh, didn’t we agree not to bring that up again?]

[Celeste and I are pretending nothing happened that night.]

[Otherwise, how could we stay friends?]