CHAPTER 435: CHAPTER 435: MAYBE, YOU CAN TAKE THE INITIATIVE FOR ONCE

At night, Jodie and Chloe naturally slept together.

Chloe talked to Jodie about everything that had been happening.

After Jodie listened, she was quiet for a long time before she finally burst out with expletives, "What the hell! WQNMB! Are you just going to let Lily do whatever she wants? What nonsense!

Lucas being with Lily is one thing, but Lily wronged you. Are you just going to let her live happily like that?"

"If you had told me earlier, I would have come back and dealt with that bitch long ago!"

"And... so, do you like Matthew or Lucas now?"

Jodie scolded Lily for a while before finally turning the focus to this important question.

Chloe sat up on the bed, her hair messy, "I’m sure... I don’t want to be with Lucas.

Maybe I still like him, but this liking has nothing to do with love anymore."

"What about Matthew?" Jodie followed up, looking seriously at Chloe, "He’s done so much for you. Now, are you moved by him, or rather... was he the one you truly loved all along, and now you’re finally seeing things clearly?"

"I don’t know..."

Chloe’s voice was low, somewhat dejected.

"You don’t know?" Jodie found this answer quite absurd, "How can someone not know if they like someone?"

"You also said that the reason you couldn’t let go of Lucas was because he was there for you at the most difficult times, so gentle and patient, making you no longer afraid of the invisible dark nights.

But in fact, the only person who has always been by your side during those dark nights is Matthew."

"Don’t be foolish, okay! For such a proud man to go to such lengths for you, it already shows how deep his feelings are." Jodie said, adding one more thing at the end, "I don’t believe you’re just moved and feeling guilty towards him.

If that were all, you would have already been with him without hesitation, because you’d want to make it up to him. Your current hesitation actually shows the attitude of a lover, not someone merely trying to compensate him for his efforts."

"But... he even said it himself, not to think that he can’t let go of his feelings for me, I..."

"Can’t you take the initiative for once?" Jodie didn’t want to hear what Chloe had to say next.

She reached out, holding Chloe by the shoulders, looking at her seriously, "Chloe, you should know this story:

It’s about a boy who professes his love to a girl, and the girl tells him to stand outside her house for a hundred days, then she’d agree to be his girlfriend.

The boy stood there for ninety-nine days, and when the girl finally decided to go down on the hundredth day to accept him, the boy had already left with his love.

He used ninety-nine days to prove his love, and the last day to preserve his dignity."

"Can’t this story make you understand?"

Jodie let out a deep sigh.

Chloe lay powerlessly on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, "Ralph said I don’t understand him at all. He’s not as invincible or rational as I thought he was."

"Then learn to understand him," Jodie also lay down, her voice much softer, "He came so many steps toward you, it’s time for you to step toward him too..."

Jodie turned her head, playing with Chloe’s hair, gently saying, "Love is something two people do together, not something one person struggles with alone."