Chapter 139

139 Betrayal

“That’s ... sorry, guys. Yesterday I got caught in the rain, and Thomas happened to be around. He offered to take shelter in his apartment, which was very close by,” Aluna explained, a little scared as her friends’ gazes were now so cold and unfamiliar. “I didn’t do anything at all, Georg! He borrowed me his shirt and as soon as the rain stopped, I went home. You guys ... believe me, right?”

Violet raised one eyebrow, not entirely believing Aluna’s explanation. It was the same with Tina and Mia. However, unlike Georgia, the girl smiled bitterly. She was the type who did not want to prolong the problem and finally just agreed without really exploring whether it was true or not.

Aluna’s eyes looked teary, as if she was ready to release fake tears to make her four friends pity her, a move she had often used when she felt cornered.

“Never mind, it’s okay. You can call us to pick you up,” Georgia said, who was the first to embrace Aluna. Even from the beginning, she did not look angry at the burgundy girl.

Meanwhile, the other three girls looked at Georgia and then sighed resignedly. Even though they were defending Georgia, it turned out that the girl actually brought herself closer to Aluna as usual, as if nothing had happened between them. Finally, they relented, not wanting to prolong the conflict.

When they returned to class, Violet and the others watched as Thomas came to their class and asked about Aluna, not Georgia. Previously, they were close, and Thomas had made Georgia believe that he would be the only one she had.

Aluna actually returned the borrowed clothes. They seemed to be joking and laughing as if the world only belonged to the two of them. The rest is like a breeze.

It is undeniable that Georgia felt hurt and disappointed. Even though Aluna knew that she liked Thomas, their closeness made Georgia’s heart burn with jealousy.

Georgia still tried to behave well by studying the materials that would soon be explained by the lecturer. Unlike Georgia, the other three girls were even more annoyed with Aluna’s attitude and did not care about the surroundings.

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Until finally, Thomas excused himself first because the class for today was over and he was preparing to go home. And then Aluna returned to her desk with a big smile that had not faded on that cute face.

Aluna sat beside Georgia and Violet, the lecturer had no sign of coming to class and teaching.

“So you’ve returned Thomas’ clothes,” Violet said indifferently, she was still surfing social media on her cellphone.

“Ah, yeah. I feel bad if I borrowed it for too long,” Aluna responded. “And Georg, I’m really sorry that it was just the two of us at Thomas’ apartment yesterday, but there’s no way I could have done something to disappoint you,” she said sadly, her expression now indicating that she regretted her actions.

“Hm, okay. We’re fine with it,” Violet said, to which the others immediately agreed.

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“What? I just found out you slept with Luna!”

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“Shh! Asshole, be quiet!”

“Sorry, man. I’m so surprised, you’re really lucky, Thomas!”

Hearing the conversation between the two men brought Mia’s footsteps to an instant halt. She continued to eavesdrop on their conversation behind the wall.

“So Luna suddenly asked for a ride in your car?”

“Yeah, she said there’s no driver to pick her up and she doesn’t know the way home in that area,” Thomas replied, explaining at length with a very pleased expression, as if he did not expect to be able to have intercourse with a girl who was quite popular on campus, none other than Aluna.

“But aren’t you close to her friend? What’s her name? I forgot.”

“Georgia? Well, I was close to her before that but Aluna’s charm is more soaring, Dude! She’s also very good in bed; even now I still can’t forget her,” Thomas replied, his change of tone and expression very different when talking about Georgia and Aluna. “And I also haven’t been able to get Georgia completely, so maybe it’s better to choose Aluna instead? Haha.”

Mia closed her mouth, quickly clenching her fists with emotion. Her friend was treated lowly in the eyes of the men. Of course, she did not accept it. Not to mention that what Aluna said was not true.

And what did he say? Having sex? Aluna and Thomas? What kind of reality is this!

Mia finally left there through another road, not caring that it would be further than the road she usually took. After this, she had to tell the three friends the truth.

“Guys!” Mia exclaimed, her breath caught in her throat from running fast. The class was empty, there were only her three friends, except Aluna. She does not know, but that girl has been away a lot lately.

“What’s wrong?” Violet asked casually, without even looking at Mia, who had just arrived with a lot of food for all of them. She walked over to the table the girl was now surrounded by and placed the food on the table.

“Where’s Luna?” Mia asked.

“Toilet, she just left,” Tina replied, looking at Mia suspiciously as her friend seemed agitated, but there was an undercurrent of emotion that seemed about to explode.

“I’m going to say this quickly before she comes. So please plug your ears well. Especially you, Violet.”

“What, why just me?” Violet protested, but seeing that Mia’s expression was deadly serious, Violet resisted the urge to interrupt or joke around if Mia had gone into slashing mode.

Mia began to tell them what had happened earlier, how she had heard about what had happened through Thomas’ mouth, and how she had eavesdropped on the conversation. Everyone was surprised, but they had expected it.

Because they suspected, what human being does not do anything when they are alone in an apartment? They really did not fully believe it. However, for the past few days, they had deliberately not made a big deal out of it because Georgia was still patient. The focus was on Georgia.

And it turned out that after finding out that Aluna was the one who seduced Thomas, the four of them were really furious. More precisely, Georgia was disappointed.

Violet got up from her seat, she squeezed the water bottle that she had been holding. The veins on her face were even clearly visible now, ready to berate Aluna. Aluna who she had been defending desperately, they always protected the girl but apparently the reward for everything was betrayal?

“Hey, where are you going?” Tina asked, holding Violet’s arm so that she could sit back on the chair.

“We need to see Luna. Why are you still here anyway? I really can’t tolerate what she’s doing!” Violet exclaimed in a high-pitched voice.

“Let’s just wait here, she’ll be back soon anyway,” Mia added, trying to calm Violet down as well. Because after all, Violet was the girl who was the most easily angered among them. The others were more likely to go along with Violet’s game.

“I really can’t take it anymore. Right now, we need to make her a deterrent. Bitch, unlucky woman,” Violet cursed in annoyance, then turned to Georgia, who had been silent all day. “Hey, Georg. Don’t you want to say a word? The person you like is having sex with the friend you trust so much!”

Georgia looked down, squeezing her own thighs to hold back the tears that were already welling up in her eyes. Disappointed? Of course. Angry? Yes, Georgia could be angry too. She closed her eyes briefly, allowing the tears to escape down her cheeks.

“Then let’s go,” Georgia said, getting up from her seat just like Violet. Tina and Mia were confused but happy that now Georgia was not harboring the feelings that had been worrying them.

Mia and Tina got up too. They went to the restroom at the end, the closest place to their current class.

And it turned out that Aluna was still there. The girl was seen polishing her makeup, which had faded a little due to today’s activities. Aluna was surprised when she saw her four friends coming.

“Hey, did you guys catch up with me? Sorry, I took too long. After this, I’m done,” Aluna said as she smiled very sweetly and continued to add red blush to her tiny lips.

Aluna’s eyes rounded when Violet grabbed her make-up kit and slammed it in a random direction.

“Wh-what are you doing, Violet?!” Aluna protested irritably, looking at her make-up kit, now scattered out of place. Those things were not cheap, and Violet was just being rude like that.

“I want to talk to you,” Violet said coldly, feeling absolutely no guilt about what she had just done.

“You can talk to me, but you don’t have to smash my things, Violet!”

“I only break things like that, but what you did was worse.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“You broke our trust.”