Seeing Ashley coming towards him, Aaron groaned. What was she doing here? What if she had heard the conversation between him and Samuel? He would not be able to show his face to her. In front of her and the world, he had always been too confident of himself.. too self-assured, and that's how he would like for things to remain forever, especially in front of Ashley. With them being friends now, he wanted to present his best self to her without giving away any hint about his loneliness and longing. He did not want her to know how alone he had felt in the past because he did not have anybody who genuinely cared about him or loved him, not even his grandpa, his only family. His grandpa had left him on his own without once looking back to check how his flesh and blood were surviving. He would r
