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

irritated because of her countless admirers, so she decided to find a fake boyfriend to shun all the annoying buggers. Hence, she chose you, and you were the only one who was kept in the dark. After

shouted angrily, “Shut up! Matilda and I broke

couldn’t finish

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

hanging like that! Tell us, why did you

“Of course not!”

“Tell us then!”

between us, you have no

“In my opinion, you are just too embarrassed to admit that

waved his hand dejectedly. “Say

and he rolled his eyes at him in agitation, feeling as though