When I hurried to her place and pushed open the door, I saw Arden lying on her bed while she mixed cold-medicine tea for him.
The second she saw me, Calliope’s lovely face tightened in anger.
“Why did you show up only now? Where were you? I searched for you the whole day.”
“You didn’t know Arden got soaked yesterday and passed out with a fever early this morning? If I weren’t next door, who can say what danger it could have caused?”
No reason for missing our date, only blame thrown onto me.
In all the years I knew her, it was the first time she shouted at me like that.
Arden then lowered his face and spoke, “Rayne, I think something must have held you back, but you shouldn’t have taken my umbrella during such heavy rain.”
“My place had no cold pills. My mom and dad were not home. I sent you message after message, but you blocked me. Luckily, I fainted at Calliope’s house. If not, I really don’t know what might have happened.”
His tone sounded even more pitiful. “I just moved here, and I always treated you as my closest friend. Why treat me like that…”
Hearing this, Calliope’s anger rose.
I stood frozen right there. So in his story, I was the selfish one again.