Chapter 4: Pamphlets, Regrets, and a New Temptation

I cried as I looked at Derek.

He was tall and strong.

Both Mom and I had been satisfied with him.

Just yesterday, Mom even gave me a few pamphlets, telling me to study them and enjoy myself. She’d slipped them into my backpack between my Psych textbook and a bag of Sour Patch Kids.

I’d read them very seriously, poring over them half the night.

So much so that the second half of the night was filled with all kinds of wild dreams.

When I woke up, I was completely drained.

But now, the guy I had in hand had flown away.

Where was I supposed to find another ready and capable boyfriend?

Derek watched me sobbing, his face showing nothing but annoyance.

He glanced back at Rachel again.

Rachel was also impatient, yelling, "Derek, are you done breaking up or not?"

"Are you babysitting or what? Is this ever going to end?"

When Derek spoke again, his tone was stiff and cold.

"Lila, honestly, crying won’t work, I won’t change my mind."

I bit my lip, red-eyed and sniffling as I looked at him. "Derek, can we break up tomorrow instead?"

At least let me get through tonight.

I was afraid my bunny ears would pop out soon.

And then I’d be carted off by some government lab for research.

Derek just sneered. "Come on, Lila, do you love me that much?"

Actually, my love was pretty shallow.

It was all about looks and body.

Time ticked by, second by second.

My body temperature was sky-high, my mind going fuzzy.

"Derek, I’m begging you."

"Impossible."

Derek was even more annoyed now.

Just then, he spotted a familiar figure.

An idea flashed through his mind.

"Caleb!"

Derek strode over and dragged him over.