The Charismatic Charlie Wade

In order to turn the tables, Jake recalled a name that Aaron had mocked Jacob with, Matilda. So, he pretended to be curious and
asked, “Dad, what’s the issue with this Matilda that you talked about earlier? You guys seem to be very close to her, I’m rather
curious...”
Aaron threw a sideway glance at Jacob and said with a grin, “Matilda Mark was the most beautiful girl in our batch, and a lot of
boys fell in love with her. In fact, if her admirers queued up, it would circle the university twice.”
Then, Aaron deliberately raised his voice and laughed, “Eventually, Matilda must have been hypnotized or something, because
she chose Jacob! Since he was in love with the most beautiful and popular girl in school, he had to avoid walking into people for
fear that he would be ambushed and beaten.”
“What happened later?”
Again, Aaron looked at Jacob in amusement and giggled. “Then, Matilda dumped him and flew to the United States. She hasn’t
come back since.”
Then, he turned to Jacob and asked in a mocking tone, “Oh, Jacob, do you know why Matilda broke up with you?”
Jacob growled, “It’s none of your business.”
Aaron laughed at his reaction. “Let me tell you, in truth, Matilda was irritated because of her countless admirers, so she decided
to find a fake boyfriend to shun all the annoying buggers. Hence, she chose you, and you were the only one who was kept in the
dark. After she used you, she dumped you and went abroad! Hahaha!”
Jacob shouted angrily, “Shut up! Matilda and I broke up because...”
He couldn’t finish his sentence.
His expression changed from outrage to regret, desolation, and sadness. He hung his head low, sighed gently, and waved his
hand. “Forget it, let’s drop the subject.”
“Oh, don’t!” Aaron said aggressively. “Don’t leave your words hanging like that! Tell us, why did you break up with her? Wasn’t it
because she was done with you?”
“Of course not!”
“Tell us then!”

“It’s between us, you have no business meddling in our affairs.”
Aaron clicked his tongue in annoyance and said, “In my opinion, you are just too embarrassed to admit that you were fooled!”
Jacob waved his hand dejectedly. “Say whatever you want, no comment.”
“You...” Aaron didn’t expect Jacob to call a truce so soon, and he rolled his eyes at him in agitation, feeling as though he had
punched air instead of a sandbag.
At this moment, more and more people had arrived, and very soon, more than twenty guys were gathered at the gate.
Jacob was right, the people who came to the reunion were all guys.
These elderly pals seemed to have a very sincere and genuine friendship among one another. They started chatting with each
other, and Charlie even saw that some of them had tears in their eyes.
Eric, the first to approach Jacob, came to them and ushered, “Guys, don’t just stand there, come in and talk.”
Aaron nodded. “Yes, let’s go to our old classroom to talk. Mr. Lee may take a while to arrive since he is feeling under the
weather. Let’s go in first.”