Gary smiled and grunted in response. He jokingly asked, "Since when did my name have an extra letter in it?"
"Huh?" For a moment, Celeste did not understand Gary's meaning.
"You called me G-Gary. I remember my name is Gary, right?" His joyful voice could be heard clearly through the phone's speakers.
As soon as Celeste heard his voice, she felt her blush extend all the way from the tips of her ears to her neck.
She whispered shyly, "Are you making fun of me?"
"I wouldn't dare," He said.
"Why not?"
In Celeste's mind, Gary had always been the type of person who would do whatever he wanted. There was nothing that he wouldn't dare to do.
"Yes, that's right. Under normal circumstances, there's nothing I wouldn't do," Gary continued, "However, there was one thing I wasn't brave enough to do and that I regretted." "What is it?"
This immediately aroused Celeste's curiosity.
"The night I left home, I regretted not going upstairs," Gary revealed slowly.
Celeste's heart shook.
Then, she heard Gary's voice again, saying, "I wasn't brave enough."
Vaguely, Celeste understood what Gary wanted to express.
Her face turned bright red.
He didn't dare come up back then, probably because he was afraid of hurting her.
After all, a young man's impulsiveness was inevitable.
However, he still retained his rationality.
She should thank him. Being able to restrain himself at that moment and knowing what he had to do was commendable.
Celeste didn't say anything for a long time. Her mind was blank, and she was thinking about something dimly. She didn't know how to express this emotion in the bottom of her heart.
"Is there nothing else you want to say?" Gary didn't hear Celeste's voice either. He couldn't help calling her name softly, "Celeste?"
"Oh!" Celeste was stunned for a moment. When she came back to her senses, she realized that she had spaced out. She quickly responded, "What did you say?"
"Are you distracted?"
"I'm sorry."
"Celeste, you promised to call me before you left. If I hadn't called you, would you have not called me?" Gary's voice was slow yet slightly forceful.
Celeste's chest tightened again. She didn't want to admit it, but she said softly, "Well, I've been thinking about the same thing. If I don't call you, will you not call me as well?"
"So if I don't call you, you won't call either, right?" Gary spoke again.
Celeste grunted.
Gary laughed. However, it carried a hint of helplessness.
"Are you always so passive?" He asked again, "If you are not pushed to a certain extent, you will never take the initiative, won't you?"
Celeste shook her head and pursed her lips, "I did try to take the initiative, but the results weren't very good."
In an instant, Gary understood what Celeste meant.
Celeste had taken the initiative to ask if he would go to the United States with Ernest, but in the end, she went to England with Ernest instead. This was probably the first time she ever took the initiative in her life, but this was the results she had gotten.
Now that she thought about it, she felt as if her heart had skipped a beat.
If she had considered this earlier, would she have made the same decision as she had now?
Over the past few days, she had thought about it and found that she probably would.
It was immature to start too early.
She was afraid that if she wasn't calm enough, she wouldn't be able to think properly about the next step with Gary.
Therefore, it was most likely inevitable for them to be separated.
At this moment, this result was wise, but also sad.
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