“After all, you grew up there, didn’t you? We’ve provided you with a lot of help.” From this point of view, I really shouldn’t refuse. At least they adopted me.

But right now, I didn’t have anything.

“I really want to help you,” I said sincerely.

“But the truth is that I have nothing now, and I might not get anything in the future. I’m sure you’ve heard of the rumors. My relationship with Atticus is not what you think it is.

“I think we might be in the same situation now. You should be a little more sincere to the other party.” I sighed helplessly.

I really didn’t want to help her when she was like this.

“Of course not. I’ve never been like you. You’re just guessing that I’ll be like you.” Lisa finally smiled.

“And no matter what, he likes me. You can’t deny that, can you?”

In the past, I would admit that what she said was correct, but now I couldn’t be sure. On the one hand, she was not an easily likable person. On the other hand…

I believed that Atticus’ attitude toward her was already very clear.

He wouldn’t have reached out to me if he still liked her as much as he did before.

Hence, Lisa was still trying to use the mate connection as an excuse.

This couldn’t hurt me when I attributed all the emotions between Atticus and me to the mate connection.

“People change.” I used the same tone to reply to her. I turned around and left.

“So, you can’t be sure of what’s happening now just because of what happened before.’

I was sure I shouldn’t have placed any hopes on Atticus.

I didn’t know if Atticus saw all this. For a moment, I would rather he saw it and drive both of us out of this place.

However, to my surprise, I didn’t receive any message from him until I returned to my room. When my phone lit up with a message notification, I quickly looked at it.

Someone sent me a picture.

Atticus and Lisa were standing at the entrance intimately. That was the place that I passed by a few times a day.

The only thing I could be sure of was that this photo was not fake.

I sighed and looked out the window calmly.

I didn’t feel like anything had changed.

My phone rang, and I picked it up.

“Hello?” I didn’t even notice that I sounded angry. It was already too late by the time I spoke.

“It sounds like you don’t want me to be the one calling?” said Chloe jokingly.

“But I have something to tell you.”

“I’m indeed a little worried.” I sighed subconsciously and didn’t deny what she said.

“There’s a situation between Atticus and me.”

“Don’t sigh. I can understand. Your current situation is truly terrible.” Chloe sounded tired. She sneezed, and then her voice became more nasal.

“How should I put it? I’m also surprised that you two haven’t had sex yet. But if you want to cut your mate connection… I have some information I can share with you..”