"You...." Amber was made speechless by Summer's retort.
Impatiently, Summer stood up. Her cat-like eyes were filled with extreme coldness. She said in an emotionless tone, "Amber, you've been picking on me all the time. You must have learned my past. You should know very well that my classmates were afraid of me back in school. As for why, you can learn a little more."
"Also, about you and Leonardo, I don't care whether he spent 200 million dollars or 1 billion dollars on you or how many times you two made love in one night and where you made it. Stop messing up with me! The last but most important thing is, don't you ever try to hurt Rosie."
Summer paused for a moment before continuing, "You must have seen how well
Leonardo and Rosie get along in the past three years. He won't be easy on you if anything happens to Rosie."
Amber came over like a ton of bricks to pick on Summer, but didn't expect to be beaten flat by Summer's scolding.
The thing that hurt Amber the most was that she failed to make Leonardo fall in love with her during the three years when he lost memory. It infuriated Amber to hear Summer talking about those three years!
"Are you threatening me?" Amber clenched her hands tightly, her eyes filled with resentment.
Summer said expressionlessly, "No, I'm warning you."
"Who do you think you are? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Amber laughed under extreme anger.
"I don't think I'm afraid of you, but you've always thought that I was afraid of you, so you tried to target me and break me in every way." Summer's tone was extremely calm.
Amber remained silent.
Amber used to be much more rational.
She was a proud girl with a whole bunch of pursuers in her twenties. She was the one to choose, not the one waiting to be chosen by others.
Afterwards, she fell for Leonardo, but failed to win his love after three years' efforts. Her pride was hurt like hell.
After that, Amber became unlike herself. She thought that Summer was her enemy, and took out all her hatred on Summer.
After she became Leonardo's girlfriend, she was even more worried about losing him. She was afraid that Summer would snatch Leonardo away. Therefore, she kept targeting Summer, picking up on her whenever she could.
Seeing Amber silent, Summer carefully sized her up and continued, "Leonardo and I did break up, thoroughly. If you really love him, then stay with him. Don't waste your time on me. Life is short, and precious."
Summer's words were somewhat emotional, but also like a piece of advice. For a moment, Amber was confused as to what Summer meant.
She looked at Summer in a strange look, but didn't say anything. Summer had to admit that she was indeed soft-hearted. Even though she had said that she wanted to hate Leonardo, she still hoped that Leonardo would be happy, probably because they had such an unhappy past, or because Leonardo had sacrificed his life to save her.
Probably because she ... still loved him.
Summer stopped this thought quickly. She had recollected her usual calmness when she raised her eyes again, "There's no need to look at me in that way. You may listen to me or not.
Anyway, what happened between you and Leonardo has nothing to do with me. Whether you listen or not is up to you."
After saying that, Summer left without looking back.
Amber turned around and looked at Summer's back. A touch of deepness flashed through her eyes. What did Summer mean by what she said just now?
Although Eliza was far away, she could vaguely see Amber's expression.
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