“You’re not going either, Patricia?” Lulu asked with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

She knew that if Patricia did not come along, Ellar would most likely not either.

That would leave just four of them, making it somewhat less exciting for all of them.

Patricia caught onto Lulu’s hint, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded.

“Okay, I’ll come.”

“Really? Count me in too!” Ellar’s face lit up, as he was previously certain that Patricia would just say no to Lulu’s idea.

But before he could get too excited, Patricia shot him a frosty glare. “No, you can’t join us.”

“Why not?” he asked, his momentary sense of joy dissipating. ‘Where’s the fun in that?’ Lulu, whose brows were furrowed in confusion, turned to Patricia. “Come on, Patricia. Let him come. It’ll always be more fun with more people, don’t you think?”

“Yeah, exactly!” Ellar pleaded with Patricia, hoping she would change her mind.

as giving him an ultimatum.

wonder what was happening between them, but Ellar

go. I’ll just

making her frown in suspicion. ‘He gave in too quickly. Something doesn’t feel right.’ “Alright, let’s go then,” Lulu finally said. “It might not be as fun with so

invite someone else,” Patricia said,

Ellar?’ Ellar, in the meantime, was looking increasingly troubled, his mind a chaotic whirlwind of doubts. ‘Patricia doesn’t want me to come along and she’s talking about inviting someone else. What does that mean? She said she didn’t have a boyfriend, so who could she be thinking of inviting?’ Then, he cast a glance over at Samuel, June, Lulu, and Spencer while his thoughts continued to race. ‘It’s unlikely that Patricia will just bring just one of her girl friends along, right? But if it’s not a girl

voice finally got to Ellar, snapping him

moment, there was a look of

on your

Ellar quickly shifted the focus. “Why did

sure you’re not coming with us?” Lulu asked,

give Ellar and Patricia a chance to connect with one another,

me. I’ll think of something,” Ellar said,

then encouraged the others to leave

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