281 In Love, Everyone Is a Coward (17)

The cloakroom was silent. Zhuang Nainai's heart was beating like a drum. It seemed as though she had lost all her courage after asking her question.

The hardships that she had weathered through the past few years had long chipped away at the sharp mind she once possessed in high school. In any case… she'd had her heart shattered into pieces by love.

Over the years, in the dark of the night, she had always thought to herself – did he ever love her all those years ago?

She had loved him with every fiber of her being, but the result was…

After so abruptly asking the question that she had deliberated over in the past five years, she felt a flicker of hurt rushing past her.

She raised her head and saw that he was shocked by her question. A glimpse of bewilderment flashed across his otherwise lust-filled eyes. It seemed like he did not hear her words clearly. Soon after, his gaze slowly fixed itself on her.

Si Zhengting was in a daze.