It'll Come Naturally

"Um. I am still too young to raise a child, don't you think? There is no hurry." Leena's face became pale for a second but she quickly hid it and acted as if nothing was wrong. In fact, her heart throbbed painfully when Patricia unintentionally brought up this sensitive topic.

She didn't want her to know. She didn't want her best friend to feel sorry for her.

"Yeah, you are right. You should enjoy your life with Kevin first. You are too young to be a mother after all." Patricia completely agreed with Leena on this. To be honest, she didn't think that it was the right time for Leena to have a child either. After all, Leena still needed to be taken care of. Then how could she take care of a baby? She was still young and didn't need to think about this.

"Yeah. That is exactly what I think." Leena forced a smile on her face as she silently let out a sigh of relief. She was glad that Patricia easily accepted her excuse and didn't ask more questions.

"By the way, I have a question for you, Leena. If you suddenly know that somebody has lied to you, what will you do?" Patricia bit her lower lip and looked at Leena with nervous eyes.

"What will I do? Well, I guess it all depends on why this person has decided to lie to me. If it is a white lie, I guess I won't be so mad. However, I will definitely still feel sad about it. But if this person lies to me because he or she tries to hurt me intentionally, then I will never forgive him or her for it. In my opinion, being lied to is always going to hurt, no matter what the reason is. It's just my personal opinion after all. Why are you suddenly asking me this?" Leena looked at her with suspicious eyes as if she was trying to find out the real reason behind this question.

"No reason. It is just a random question. That's all." Patricia's heart dropped after hearing Leena's words. If Leena's attitude was like this, how would Tom act after he knew the truth? Patricia couldn't even imagine. She was afraid that Tom would be so angry at her. "You are lying. Tell me, why did you ask me this weird question? Are you hiding something from us?" Leena felt more and more paranoid about Patricia's sudden question. She had a feeling that Patricia was hiding something from them all.

"What can I possibly hide from you? You are just being too paranoid!" Patricia retorted. Truth was, she felt a bit guilty inside. She was indeed hiding something from them and it made her feel very anxious and uncomfortable. She wanted to tell them the truth. It was just that she was also afraid of their reaction.

"Then why did you ask me that question out of nowhere?" Leena still didn't believe her words. She knew that there was something on Patricia's mind. She just didn't know what it was. It wasn't like Patricia to sit silently by the window and space out when she arrived here. "What? I can't even ask you some random question anymore? Let's not talk about it. Now that you are here, why don't you take me out for a stroll in the garden? I need some sunbathing. I am bored to death staying in the hospital room all day." Patricia really wanted to tell Leena that she had remembered everything. However, it didn't seem to be the right time. Thus, she suddenly changed the subject.

"The weather is not good today. You can't even see the sun." Though Leena said these words, she still pushed Patricia out of the room.

"I just want to have some fresh air. No need to be sarcastic. I don't really want to sunbathe, okay? I don't know why you took my words so seriously." Patricia was in front of Leena, so she didn't see Leena rolling her eyes at her words.

"Well, you said the words yourself. Why? Aren't you happy that I take your words seriously?" They were always like this, bickering with each other. However, if something happened to one of them, they would surely back the other up in no time.

"Of course I am not happy about it. By the way, is the man ahead of us Summer? Why is he here?" Patricia suddenly changed the subject when she saw the man walking towards them. Summer was a lovely and handsome guy. She had a crush on him when they were both still in the university. She just hid it well unlike other girls. Who wouldn't like a handsome guy like Summer?

"Yes, it is him." Leena hadn't seen the man for a while too. Thus, she still felt a bit awkward seeing him.

"Hello, Patricia. I was in the neighborhood so I decided to come and visit you. Hello, Leena, I didn't expect that you'd be here," Summer greeted them friendly with a beaming smile on his face. Though they were all about the same age, Patricia and Leena both thought that Summer was more vibrant than them. Maybe it was because they both went through a lot of things.

"Yeah. Long time no see." Leena politely nodded her head at him. Though they were both tricked by Patricia, they didn't have any bad impressions on each other. They couldn't be lovers, that was true. However, they didn't have to be enemies either.

"Yeah, long time no see indeed. You are still as beautiful as the last time I saw you. Unlike some girl I know, who is not even like a girl. Tsk! She even got herself injured," said Summer while glancing at Patricia. It was obvious that the girl he referred to was Patricia. "Hey! You can suck up to Leena all you want. But don't drag me into it!" Patricia was unhappy about Summer's words. Why did he say that she was not like a girl? She was just strong and tough, okay? She also had her feminine side that Summer didn't know.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐