"Shawn is a genius! He can expose the hypocritical woman with just a little trick!" the clamor and mockery were all heard without any concealment.
I dug my nails into my palm and my heart ached so badly I felt like I couldn't breathe.
After five years together, what did my love and companionship mean to him?
I had no energy to argue. A heavy sense of despair felt like a needle stuck in my chest.
I was just about to leave when a delicate hand stopped me.
It was Hannah who called me over. After rolling her eyes at me, she said.
"Yelena Blair, you heard it all, right?"
"You really are pathetic, chasing after Shawn for five years and ending up like this."
Her mean and nasty look was unlike my sweet and innocent cousin.
Hannah saw that I wasn't reacting, so she took out her phone and showed me a video.
He spat, "Yelena, you're still not giving up, huh? See this? If you know what's good for you, get lost!"
The video showed them entangled in a passionate embrace.
The string that was taut in my heart suddenly snapped. "Aren't you two cousins?"
Hannah scoffed, "Only a fool like you would believe that."
She introduced herself as his cousin and Shawn told me she was a sister who had lived abroad for years.