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... When he reached the Cafe it was 7:40 pm. He immediately scanned the room and found her at the corner table reading a book. He made his way towards her and took the chair opposite to her.

Julian looked up from her book and then went back to her book. Derek got offended and said:

"Julian! Mind telling me why you ignored me? Why are you wasting my time on that stupid book."

Julian calmly put a leaf-bookmark in the book and shut the book. She then directed her attention to the person sitting in front of her, and calmly said:

"Mind telling me the same?"

Derek got angry that she questioned him and said that he had important things to take care of, and she should have more patience if she is in a relationship. He then cleared his throat and said:

"Julian! I know a lot of people wants us to get married and even though I want this to happen but we both know that you are lacking a lot of things needed to solidify this relationship. Starting with you not wanting to compromise and change, and with your medieval era mindset, and I know you are not going to change regardless of what I think. So I end this relationship here." With that he looked Julian in the eye, trying to gauge what her reaction would be, will she try to salvage this relationship or not but was unable to find his answers.

Julian looked at him with a poker face, she didn't want him to see the hurt in her eyes, she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of that and said that in the back of her mind he has always given off a bad vibe. Although deeply hurt, she stood up and left. She thought about all the times she ignored her gut feeling, and now he just ended everything just a few hours before their anniversary. Something in the back of her mind reminded her that he wouldn't have even remembered the anniversary.

Derek just sat there enjoying his coffee. In his mind, he knew he wanted someone with the same status as himself and didn't want anyone to say that he was with a girl that didn't have a wealthy & influential family line or refused to agree with his every saying whether right or wrong.

He didn't bother learning about Julian and thought of her has a middle-class girl, with no money and a lot of pride. He just wanted her to pass his time. He would consider marrying her if she agreed to change and was of better social status. Although he might like the girl he wouldn't marry a girl without any benefits.

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Julian came home she was hurt badly. On reaching her door she saw Sayra standing at the door about to ring the bell. She went, opened the door and entered. Sayra followed behind closing the door. She knew that something must have upset Julian badly.

Sayra began by saying Julian what happened? Do you want to talk about it?

After what felt like an eternity Julian told her what happened in the past 2 hrs. Sayra just sat there listening and comforting Julian. Finally, Sayra asked what do you want to do now?. Julian got up took her phone from the drawer and called her grandmother; Hiran, after telling her what happened she asked about her to transfer to the college near her grandmother's residence. Hiran gave her some words of encouragement and agreed with the transfer.

Sayra understood that Julian needed a break to heal and agreed with her decision on the condition that she keeps in touch. After Julian promised they packed up, and on the following morning Sayra said her goodbyes to Julian while she was in the airport.

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The next day when the roll. call was done. Derek asked why Julian's name was not called. The teacher answered that she was transferred. Everyone started asking questions but only Sayra knew the answer, and she remained quiet.

Derek was thinking about how quickly she got a transfer when they only had a few months till they graduate. He knew transferring this late was very difficult and pushed the teacher for answers. The teacher simply sent him to the principal who told him that he should not interfere with others matter and Julian provided a legit reason for her urgent transfer which he approved.