Chapter 1090:


    She looked up and found herself captivated by the sharp, striking features of a stranger who could have graced the cover of any high-fashion magazine.


    Three dayster, Rickey was finally able to walk again.


    His father watched with tears in his eyes. “This reminds me of when you were a baby, taking your first steps. I cried back then too.”


    “Go cry somewhere else,” Rickey grumbled, leaning on his crutches as he hobbled over to Aurora. “Take me for a walk.”


    “Sure,” Aurora said, pushing a wheelchair she’d borrowed just in case. They settled on a bench in the hospital garden, the atmosphere suddenly nostalgic, as if they’d been transported back to their high school days.


    “When are you going back?” Rickey asked, his voice carefully neutral. Aurora smoothed out her skirt, avoiding his gaze. “The day after tomorrow.”


    Rickey swallowed hard, a lump forming in his throat. “Do you really have to go?”


    Aurora gave him a small smile. “Rickey, don’t make me say something that’ll ruin what’s left of our friendship.”


    He looked down at his hands. “So, the only time I’ll see you is if I’m in the hospital?”


    “What kind of logic is that?”


    “Back when I crashed my motorcycle, you came to see me without a second thought. Will you still do that?”


    “Of course I will.”


    Rickey looked at her, his eyes burning with intensity. “And what about your boyfriend? You think he’ll be okay with that?”


    Aurora froze.


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    “I know how guys think,” Rickey continued. “There’s no middle ground. Either we’re strangers, or I’m your boyfriend. If I were your boyfriend, I wouldn’t tolerate another…”


    “Man in your orbit. Truth be told, I’d be jealous of even a male dog stealing your affection.”


    Aurora cut him off. “That’s just childish possessiveness masquerading as love.”


    Rickey remained calm this time. Not a muscle twitched when Aurora called him “childish.”


    “It’s true,” he said, his voice unwavering. “If your boyfriend didn’t bat an eye when you came for me, it simply proves he doesn’t love you.”


    Aurora was caught off guard.


    The thought had never crossed her mind—how Dunn might feel about her rushing overseas for Rickey. Yet Dunn hardly seemed bothered.


    He’d weed her friendship with Rickey without question.


    Did that mean he didn’t love her? Aurora thought he did. Yet Rickey’s observation sowed uncertainty within her.


    “Perhaps you have a point,” she admitted reluctantly. “But mutual trust forms the foundation of any meaningful rtionship. If he simply severs me from every male friend andcks faith in me, we’d crumble anyway.”


    “Aurora, do you really think he’s better than me?” Rickey’s gaze pierced through her defenses. “I’ve walked beside you through our entire youth. Nobody understands you as I do. Are you certain your heart doesn’t choose me?”


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