Respect My Decision

Unable to bear to see Alice and Felix who were hugging, Carlos chose to leave.

He waited in Alice's room which was currently abandoned by its owner.

Carlos slowly unlocked the phone screen.

Three call history and some messages from Caroline appear.

"Why did he call me?" Carlos started reading the message from the girl.

[Carlos, how are you there? Are you okay?] the message wrote.

"Even since yesterday I forgot to tell Caroline," Carlos muttered.

His fingers began to dance and press one by one the letters on the phone keyboard.

[Caroline, I'm fine—] Before he could finish typing a reply, Caroline suddenly called her.

Carlos immediately picked up the call.

"Hello, Carol," he said.

[Hi, Carlos. How are you?]

"I'm fine, Carol,"

[Why don't you let me know?]

"Sorry, I'm so busy that I didn't have time to tell you."

[Ah, I see....] Caroline's voice sounded disappointed.

[Have you met Alice?] Caroline asked.

"Yes, I met her," Carlos replied.

Hearing that answer Caroline was silent for a moment.

And not long after, the woman hung up the call.

Tut...

The sound of the disconnected connection made Carlos reflexively call out the girl's name.

"Hello! Caroline?!"

"Carol! Hey! Why are you turning it off?" Of course, he got no answer.

Carlos finally put the phone back in his pocket.

"Why did she turn off the call? Is it because I said the name 'Alice?'" Carlos muttered in surprise.

On the other hand, Carlos also felt sorry for Caroline.

At first, he chose Caroline and betrayed Alice.

But now he realizes, that Alice is his true love.

To be honest Carlos himself hated this very inconsistent attitude.

But he couldn't help it, that his heart was still for Alice.

Even his feelings for Caroline herself had faded.

He felt it was difficult to get his heart back on Caroline's side.

Even so, Carlos still felt sorry for the girl, after all he ever loved Caroline, and she loved him very much.

If he could erase the girl's memory, he would surely erase her image from Caroline's mind. But everything is not easy.

He's in the wrong position. He pursues Alice because of his love for that woman, as well as Caroline's blessing for her.

He doesn't know what this feeling is called. Maybe selfish? Dunno...

What is clear is that he cannot return his feelings of love to the girl as before.

Soon Alice returned to her room.

She saw Carlos who was lost in thought.

"Carlos, are you okay?" Alice asked.

The man gasped and moved his eyelids rapidly.

"Eh, Alice! You're back!" said Carlos hastily.

Alice nodded her head.

Then she sat on the bed. And Carlos approached her.

"Alice, I just meet the Doctor, and he said you can go home this afternoon," Carlos said.

"Is that true?"

"Yes! Are you ready to go back to Oxford?" asked Carlos, but before Alice had time to answer, Carlos repeated his sentence.

"Emm, but we can't go straight home, we have to prepare travel tickets and so on, besides I see you also need to pack your things first, right?" Carlos said.

"Yes ... I think so," Alice replied a little stiffly.

"Okay, I'll find a hotel for you for a while," Carlos said.

But Alice immediately rejected Carlos' idea.

"No need, Carlos! I'm going to stay at Felix's house,"

Instantly Carlos' expression turned dispirited.

'She wants to stay at the man's house?' Carlos thought.

"You're very close to that guy, huh?" Carlos asked doubtfully. His eyes radiated jealousy.

"Yes. He is the most meritorious man ... as long as I live in this city, he is the one who always helps me." Alice answered.

"Then what about after returning to Oxford? Where will you live?" In that question, Carlos expected the best answer from Alice, of course, he wanted Alice to want to live with him again.

But again Alice gave an answer that did not match his expectations.

"I'm going to live with Bella," Alice answered.

The look of disappointment was again clearly visible on Carlos' face.

"Why don't you just stay at my house?" asked Carlos, "that's also your house, isn't it?"

"Sorry, that's not my house anymore, Carlos!" Alice insisted.

"But-"

"Respect my decision!" Carlos fell silent for a moment.

He had prepared himself from the start, and he also knew that it would not be easy to win back Alice's heart.

"Okay, I can't force you to come back to live with me, but I hope, one day you will live together again," Carlos said while lowering his head.

But Alice seemed to object to hearing those words.

"What do you mean by that, Carlos?"

"Why? That was my wish, Alice…,"

"Remove your hopes, Carlos. I gave you for my best friend,"

"Alice, I don't love Caroline,"

"Not love her, you say?" Alice smiled wryly. She shook her head in surprise. Truly a statement that she had never imagined before.

And that sentence managed to ignite Alice's anger.

"You're a cruel man, Carlos! You used to hurt me, and now you're hurting my best friend too, you think—"

Carlos immediately cut off Alice's words.

"She allowed me to come back after you, Alice!" Carlos insisted.

Alice smiled sinisterly. "And how stupid of you to believe it?"

"What do you mean by that question, Alice!"

'Huft....'

Alice took a deep breath and then continued her sentence.

"I've known Caroline for a long time. She's the type of person who always goes after what she wants. Even to the point of snatching her best friend's husband, she doesn't care. But I've forgiven her. And I still call her 'Friend' ah... 'Former Friend' to be more precise. And I'm sure if I get back with you, she'll try to take you away from me again. And that's for sure!"

"But she said that she was willing to let me be with you again. As long as you want to take me back!" Carlos said.

"Haha! You idiot!" scorned Alice. Carlos frowned.

"She's easily influenced. But believe me, she's easy to change her mind too! Well... more or less like you...!" Alice glanced at Carlos with a scornful expression.

"But—" Alice cut Carlos's word off.

"You are both people who have no opinion. Your feelings can change in the blink of an eye. Therefore I believe you are indeed a match!"

"Alice, do you hate me that much?"

"Yes! But that was then. And now I have forgiven you. It's just that my feelings can't go back to how they used to be. I've erased you from my heart."

"Is it because of that guy friend of yours?" asked Carlos a little emotional.

Alice sighed in exasperation, she just got more and more annoyed. Moreover, Carlos dragged Felix into their business.

But she didn't want to make a fuss here. Arguing will only make her more depressed.

To be continued