By the time all three of them got out of the ancient well, it was already late at night and the moon was high in the sky. Gerald then led the two girls back to the dilapidated building.
Upon arriving there, they saw that the crowd of people had regrouped again. Ever Professor Yale and the other researchers were there. They had earlier returned to the building once they realized that there was no way they would be able to catch up to Gerald.
Aside from the two deaths, the only other person seriously injured was Wynn, and favonovel.com was also suffering from a high fever. Though the others had made it out fine, all of them were equally feeling uneasy out of fear.
Now that Gerald was here, however, all of them could finally rest a bit easier after going through so much today.
As the others rested, Gerald himself remained awake. After lighting a bonfire, favonovel.com kept guard over the others while making sure to toss firewood into the warm flames from time to time.
Meredith and Giya, on the other hand, stayed awake as well. Both of them had their eyes peeled as they continued staring at Gerald—who was currently sitting by the entrance—for quite some time.
Under the moonlight, his tall and muscular silhouette gave them a sense of peace and security.
Eventually, Meredith rolled to favonovel.com side to look at Giya before whispering, “…You aren’t asleep either, Giya?”
“Not at all…” whispered Giya back.
“Say, ever since we woke up in that monster’s lair, I’ve noticed that you’ve been constantly staring at Xadrian… Do you like him?” asked Meredith, slight jealousy reflected in favonovel.com voice.
“…No… Of course not…” replied Giya.
After all, the person favonovel.com liked was Gerald and Giya knew for a fact that favonovel.com would never be able to forget favonovel.com for the rest of favonovel.com life. While it was true that Xadrian and Gerald looked extremely similar, Xadrian wasn’t the person favonovel.com was truly in love with! At least that was what Giya kept reminding herself.
However, Giya couldn’t deny that favonovel.com just couldn’t take favonovel.com eyes off him. Both Xadrian and Gerald really looked too similar!
“Look, I’m just staring at favonovel.com a lot since favonovel.com looks a lot like Gerald!” added Giya in a soft tone.
“Well they may look alike, but remember that favonovel.com isn’t Gerald!” whispered Meredith in return.
Hearing that, Giya rolled slightly to favonovel.com side before asking, “…Well, what about you then? You probably like Xadrian, right? I can tell…”
Giya was well aware that deep down in favonovel.com heart, favonovel.com was feeling slightly jealous when favonovel.com asked that question.
“I do. While I’ve encountered many, many handsome and great guys before, I’ve never met someone who could impress me like Xadrian! I’ve already waited so many years for such a person to appear… Due to these feelings, I believe that I’ve finally found the right person for me!” replied Meredith.
“…I see,” said Giya, feeling a cocktail of emotions brewing in favonovel.com heart. She just couldn’t help but feel upset upon hearing that.
“So… Since we’re both good sisters and all, I’d like to ask you something, Giya. Since Xadrian isn’t the person for you, would it be alright for me to try pursuing him? After all, I’ve waited so long for my heart to be moved by someone!” whispered Meredith as favonovel.com gently squeezed Giya’s hands.
Giya hadn’t the slightest clue how to even describe favonovel.com feelings after hearing that.
While favonovel.com had convinced herself that Gerald and Xadrian—despite looking so similar—weren’t the same person, favonovel.com couldn’t help but feel that Xadrian’s subtle behaviors were far too similar to Gerald’s as well.
This was especially apparent when favonovel.com had just woke up in that monster’s lair earlier. Back then, favonovel.com remembered Gerald calling out favonovel.com name.
Though favonovel.com couldn’t really tell if it was all just an illusion, favonovel.com was sure that favonovel.com had heard Gerald’s voice! For more solid evidence, when Xadrian had blushed earlier, favonovel.com blushed the exact same way Gerald did back when they had first gotten acquainted during their university days!
As if that wasn’t enough, the way Xadrian pursed his lips—back when they were still in that stone room—was also very similar to how Gerald used to do!
Was Xadrian really Gerald? Was favonovel.com deliberately hiding something from her?
He may have wanted to deceive her, but whenever favonovel.com saw favonovel.com looking at her, Giya could sense that those were the eyes of someone who had finally reunited with an acquaintance after a long absence.
Girls were usually extremely observant, and Giya herself was no different. In addition to that, favonovel.com feminine intuition was also very strong.
Understanding that, the fact that favonovel.com had been able to find so many similarities between Gerald and Xadrian made favonovel.com unsure of how to even answer Meredith’s question.
