Chapter 182 A Best Friend Indeed

• Leon was waiting outside in the hallway when I ran out of his brother's room. The second he saw my face, he knew. He didn't have to ask; he knew I'd been rejected after confessing my feelings.
• “Hey,” he murmured as he pulled me into a hug. “It's okay.”
• The tears I'd been holding at bay since his brother kindly rejected me came streaming down my face. I clutched to his shirt as I let go of my emotions and wept. I didn't even stop to think Gerald would likely hear me since we were standing in front of his room.