Nina smiled as she tried hard to pretended to be sorry, "Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom."
With that, she turned away without looking at them.
At that point, Michael suddenly stood up and said, very apologetically, "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom, too."
With that, Michael quickly followed Nina to the bathroom door.
"Nina, I need to talk to you."
Nina paused for a moment, then unconsciously picked up her pace.
But the man behind her held her arm tightly.
She struggled for a moment, and did not turn but said sternly to Michael behind her, "Don't grab my arm."
"Nina."
Michael felt helpless, and he grabbed Nina's arm even harder.
Nina couldn't free herself from his grip and was forced to stop.
She could not help crying bitterly, and her big eyes were misty.
"Listen, Trudy is the daughter of one of my teachers, she was a recent college graduate and she was coming here to intern at our hospital, she was my student." Michael pulled Nina into his arms.
"She thanked me for my care and invited me to dinner."
He was explaining.
But when they looked each other in the eye, Nina said with a forced smile, "Why are you telling me this?"
"..." Michael didn't know what to say.
But he was shocked.
He tried to show that he did not care very much. He repeatedly persuaded himself not to love Nina anymore, but he still couldn't help caring about Nina.
Although he didn't understand what Nina was really thinking, he noticed Nina's emotions and cared deeply about them...
"You don't have to explain that to me. After all, we're only cousins." Nina smiled with sad eyes.
Michael was upset when she didn't seem to care.
The grief swept over him, killing him.
Michael stood in the same spot, let go of his hand, smiled wearily and said, "Yes, you are right."
Watching Michael sad, Nina was torn in her heart.
She sniffed quietly and said, with mock composure,
I'll go in if you haven't got anything to say."
After saying that, Nina broke away from Michael's hand and ran into the bathroom, tears falling down her cheeks.
She turned on the tap and washed her face. Looking at herself in the mirror, she could not tell whether the liquid on her face was tears or water.
"I'm sorry, really sorry! I still can't get you out of my mind. What should I do?"
He was her cousin, but she couldn't help loving him.
Nina squatted on the ground feebly, burying her head deep in her knees and hugging herself tightly with her arms.
Anna, sitting at the dinner table, was embarrassed to see that she and Trudy were alone at the table.
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