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As it happened, Grace was a little upset when she saw Mason and Emma chatting with each other so excitedly. Therefore, she didn’t have much of an appetite. However, Emma seemed to be excited when talking about the dishes on the menu with Mason but never asked Grace for any suggestions, perhaps just because she saw there was a menu in Grace’s hand.
Maybe that was very normal behavior, but Grace still felt unhappy and uncomfortable. She looked at the menu and decided to order a sweet and sour dish.
To her surprise, Emma frowned and said, “I don’t eat sour food.”
Reacting to Emma’s complaint, Grace raised her head and looked at her. Mason asked, “Aren’t there many sweet and sour dishes abroad?”
Emma covered her nose and said, “The sweet and sour dishes abroad are different from those at home. My dear brother, don’t you know it? What’s more, I never eat any sour food of any kind; even smelling it would make me want to be sick.”
With a look of reminiscence, Mason nodded, “Yes, you never could shake that habit. Right, well, we won’t order it.” He passed the menu to Grace again and continued, “You can order something else, Emma can’t stand sour food.”
Suddenly, Grace no longer wanted to eat anything. She wanted to order that dish to stimulate her appetite, but Mason didn’t let her order it just because Emma didn’t like it. What was she supposed to eat?
Emma seemed to feel bad for refusing her order. She passed her menu to Grace and said, “What about this dish? This one is a western dish, and it’s very delicious and healthy.” Grace didn’t answer her, so Emma thought she must not like this one. Determined to find one she liked, Emma suggested another one, “Perhaps this? This one is also delicious. Have you eaten it before? Do you want to try it?”
Emma was very enthusiastic when introducing the food to Grace, but Grace just stared at her indifferently and finally said, “Anything is fine. I don’t mind.”
Mason noticed Grace’s indifference and Emma’s enthusiasm and suddenly felt annoyed, “Emma, forget it. She doesn’t want to order.”
At last, they just let the waiter go. Mason didn’t want to talk to Grace anymore and so continued to chat with Emma happily. Since they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, they had so many things to talk about, allowing them to forget about Grace completely.
Throughout the meal, Grace became steadily more embarrassed and upset, but she couldn’t express her displeasure, so she just kept silent. After the meal, Mason had said he would take Emma to her apartment, so Grace said, “Take her back home; I can go home alone.” She didn’t want to stay with them anymore.
Emma looked at her doubtfully. Mason held her hand and said, “Why are you angry again? Can’t you just be friendly?” He was angry with her.
Grace couldn’t stand it anymore and laughed, “I’m a little uncomfortable. I just want to walk back home, is that okay?”
“If you are uncomfortable, you should take the car. Why are you angry?” Mason said coldly.
Grace felt ridiculous and looked at Mason in disbelief. However, when she saw Emma was looking at them, she thought that she couldn’t let her laugh at them. Therefore, she sat in the car without saying anything.
Then, Mason said to Emma, “Hop in!” Grace noticed how his tone was so gentle when speaking to Emma as he courteously opened the door for her.
On the way home, everyone in the car was silent. Sitting in the back seat, Emma looked at Mason and Grace and tried not to say anything so as not to create more awkwardness.
Finally, they arrived at Emma’s apartment. Seeing Mason was preparing to escort her upstairs, Emma quickly stopped him and said, “Brother, I can go upstairs by myself. It’s so cold outside, go back home.” She then got out of the car and ran upstairs quickly.
When they were alone again in the car, Mason turned to Grace and said to her angrily, “Couldn’t you be more polite? My sister hasn’t come back for a long time. Why are you angry with her? I have told you many times how she is my friend, and you still won’t accept her.
Hearing his complaints, Grace felt angry again. In his eyes, everything she did was wrong. He already knew that she didn’t like Emma, but he still ignored her and talked with Emma happily when having dinner. She could stand this because she knew they hadn’t seen each other for a long time. When she had ordered just one dish, Mason immediately refused it just because Emma didn’t like the smell of it. Before getting into the car, she had already said that she was uncomfortable. Nevertheless, he still forced her into the car just so he wouldn’t hurt Emma’s feelings. Had he taken care of her feelings? He only wanted to meet all of Emma’s demands and didn’t even care about whether his actions had made Grace sad. He told her that he didn’t love his sister anymore, but why did his behavior give her the feeling that Emma was more important than her in Mason’s mind?
Thinking about these things made Grace even angrier, but she didn’t want to argue with him. She quickly got out of the car and left. She no longer wanted to talk with this man.
Mason shouted at her, “Grace, what do you want me to do?”
Grace quickened her pace, ignoring his call to her, so Mason had to get out of the car in order to get close enough to talk to her. All of this was witnessed by Emma, who stood at the window of her apartment. She saw that Mason ran to stop Grace and ask her, and then they argued with each other. However, they still tried to repress their voices because they didn’t want to be noticed by anyone passing by. Emma also noticed how irritable Mason was when talking to Grace as he grabbed his hair.
Grace seemed to question him. At last, Mason noticed a passerby and grabbed Grace’s hand to force her into the car. Shortly afterward, the car started and drove off.
Emma closed her eyes and frowned as if she could feel Mason’ pain as strongly as he did. She whispered to herself, “Brother, I’m sorry. I don’t want to ruin your relationship with your girlfriend, but sometimes I can’t control myself. I can’t stand that you are with another woman even though I know we can’t be together anymore.”
Suddenly, she fell to the floor, feeling so grieved and blaming herself for tonight’s actions. Staring at the ceiling, she had no idea what she wanted to do. Although she felt sorry for Grace, she believed that Mason was in love with her.
In that year, she had tried so hard to want to break up with Mason. She was forced to do that. Originally, she thought that she could forget Mason. However, to her surprise, the men she met after Mason could never quite compare to him. No one could love her as deeply as Mason. Now, even though she knew they couldn’t be together in the way they had been, she still couldn’t let him be with another woman.
Closing her eyes, Emma thought that perhaps she was selfish. However, everyone’s love was selfish, so the only decision she could make was to hurt Grace. What’s more, Mason may not blame her after he knew the facts. After all, who he truly loved was her, not Grace. Assured by her realization, Emma smiled.
