The Charismatic Charlie Wade

In order to turn the tables, Jake recalled a name that Aaron had mocked Jacob with, Matilda. So, he pretended to be curious and asked, “Dad, what’s the issue with this Matilda that you talked about earlier? You guys seem to be very close to her, I’m rather curious…”

Aaron threw a sideway glance at Jacob and said with a grin, “Matilda Mark was the most beautiful girl in our batch, and a lot of boys fell in love with her. In fact, if her admirers queued up, it would circle the university twice.”

Then, Aaron deliberately raised his voice and laughed, “Eventually, Matilda must have been hypnotized or something, because she chose Jacob! Since he was in love with the most beautiful and popular girl in school, he had to avoid walking into people for fear that he would be ambushed and beaten.”

“What happened later?”

Again, Aaron looked at Jacob in amusement and giggled. “Then, Matilda dumped him and flew to the United States. She hasn’t come back since.”

Then, he turned to Jacob and asked in a mocking tone, “Oh, Jacob, do you know why Matilda broke up with you?”

“It’s none of

all the annoying buggers.

angrily, “Shut up! Matilda and I

couldn’t finish

changed from outrage to regret, desolation, and sadness. He hung his head low, sighed

“Don’t leave your words hanging like that! Tell us, why did

“Of course not!”

“Tell us then!”

us, you have no business meddling in our

clicked his tongue in annoyance and said, “In my opinion, you are just too embarrassed to admit that you

waved his hand dejectedly. “Say whatever you want, no

rolled his eyes at him in agitation, feeling as though he had punched air