Help! I'm In Love With A Liar

The lecture ended and I started forming sentences in my mind to apologize and explain myself to Wang. Before I could say anything to Wang, he himself broke the ice between us.

I was amazed to hear that. His words brought tears in my eyes. I could have never imagined this side of him. I was getting to know a different Wang, who was so serene and balanced.

"I am so sorry Wang, I had no idea," I whimpered.

"I know, I already said that" he chuckled.

"I really had no idea. I hope you believe me," I repeated in a hoarse voice. I was lost in a trance and wasn't even realizing that I sounded so dumb.

Wang started laughing loudly and said "You sound like a frog, Cecilia."

I studied his face carefully. I wanted to figure out if things were fine between us. How good he was at hiding emotions I wondered, unlike me. It takes me a fraction of second to start my waterworks and hours to stop it.

He grasped me by my shoulder and looked into my eyes.

"I know you would never hurt me intentionally," he said very sweetly and smiled.

His words brought a smile on my face. He said something which I really wanted to hear.

"Thank you so much for understanding," I said gazing in his eyes.

The others were waiting for us at some distance. They did not interrupt us, maybe because they expected this conversation to happen, between us.

I and Wang started walking in the opposite direction, not realizing that they all were waiting for us in the other direction.

"Hey! Where is everybody?" I said in a surprise after we had strolled some distance.

"I guess they left." Wang replied looking equally puzzled.

We waited for another five minutes, for somebody to show up, but nobody came.

"I suppose, I have you all by myself today." Wang said in an elevated tone, giving me a wicked smile.

I myself couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Yes, you do indeed," I chuckled. "Lucky you are!"

"So come, today you are lucky enough to meet Fratelli," he exclaimed, jumping like a kid.

"Fratelli! Who's that?" I asked, perplexed at the oddity of the name.