“Hey, you!” called out Bethany in a commanding voice.
Breaking from his daze, Gerald then looked at the girl who had shouted at favonovel.com before asking, “What do you want?”
The girl who was pointing at favonovel.com looked to be in favonovel.com late teens, and while favonovel.com looked rather bizarre, favonovel.com was also somewhat beautiful.
“Are you all alone?” asked another girl as favonovel.com placed a hand on favonovel.com waist. It was the girl who had told Bethany about Gerald earlier.
“I suppose you could say that!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com nodded.
“That’s rather pitiful to hear! How about this, Bethany wants to invite you over to pick tennis balls for us! At least you won’t be alone if you do that for us!” added the girl.
Gerald remembered his sister telling favonovel.com that since the Crawford family was so immensely huge with so many complicated branches, it was normal for those within the family to not know who was who among the younger generation.
“If something’s weighing your mind, it’ll only get worse if you continue dwelling on it alone! By picking our tennis balls, you’ll be able to forget all your worries!” shouted another girl.
While Gerald’s first response was to smile bitterly, favonovel.com couldn’t deny that what they had said made some sense. After all, as long as favonovel.com could distract himself enough, favonovel.com wouldn’t need to dwell on the incident.
“Fine, I’ll do it!” replied Gerald.
“Haha! He’s actually going to do it! Here favonovel.com comes!” said the girls smugly.
“Great to hear. Now let’s continue our game, sisters! We can go all out now that someone is willing to pick our tennis balls for us!” said Bethany rather excitedly.
However, before they could even resume playing, a woman walked up to them. Seeing the woman, all the girls immediately turned to look at her.
The beautiful and graceful woman looked to be around twenty-six years old, and favonovel.com seemed to have a rather good disposition.
While the girls playing tennis earlier were all beautiful, none of them were even close in terms of beauty when compared with the new woman. In fact, the woman’s beauty rivaled even that of many celebrities.
Anyone who saw favonovel.com felt somewhat obligated to lower their heads in respect.
“You’re here, Lyra!” greeted Bethany and a few others upon seeing her.
“I am indeed. Still, what time is it now I wonder… Why are all of you still playing here? The assembly is going to commence soon! Why don’t you bring Niki and the others along with you?” said Lyra in a gentle tone.
“Alright!” replied Bethany. She then hit one final tennis ball to the side before leaving with the rest.
Almost by reflex, Gerald began walking over to pick the tennis ball up. In his daze, favonovel.com failed to realize that the ball had landed in an area surrounded by prickly grass. By the time favonovel.com finally noticed, favonovel.com was staggering so much to leave the area then favonovel.com ended up falling.
His clothes, arms, and even his face was filled with tiny scratch marks from the grass.
“Look there! That guy from earlier fell down!” said Nikki as favonovel.com pointed at Gerald.
“Just leave favonovel.com be. After all, favonovel.com was slow to react when we called favonovel.com over to pick the tennis balls for us! He deserves it! Now let’s go!” said Bethany as favonovel.com smiled at Lyra before heading on.
Gerald himself sat on the grass, holding the tennis ball in his hand as favonovel.com smiled bitterly. When favonovel.com touched his face, it stung slightly.
He simply couldn’t catch a break. Gerald truly was down on his luck ever since Mila’s disappearance.
As people walked by, many of them mocked Gerald for being in such a pathetic state. Gerald, however, didn’t mind it. As long as favonovel.com could feel slightly better after being mocked, so be it.
“Your cheeks are all scratched up… It’s best if you wipe the grass off quickly,” said a feminine voice as a tissue was handed over to him.
Looking to his side, Gerald saw Lyra squatting right next to favonovel.com as favonovel.com prompted favonovel.com to take the tissue.
“…Thank you!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com immediately lowered his gaze in embarrassment after their eyes met. After all, favonovel.com looked truly beautiful.
“My word, even your arm is bleeding!” said Lyra as favonovel.com took another tissue out and began gently wiping the blood off his arm.
“Aren’t you the careless one… Which family do you belong to? You seem to be all alone here. Don’t you have any siblings…?”
