"Drink this quickly."
Lana accepted the glass before drinking slowly.
"Thank you," she murmured softly.
Layla sat across from her before chuckling gently. "No, I should be the one thanking you."
As she looked at Lana’s slightly pale face, her expression gradually beca complicated.
After remaining silent for a while, she finally spoke quietly.
"I’ll rember this help for a very long ti."
Lana imdiately laughed softly.
"Didn’t you already promise loyalty to ?" she teased playfully. "Why are you suddenly speaking so formally now? Are you planning to go back on your word?"
Layla could only smile helplessly after hearing the teasing in Lana’s voice.
Then, after a brief silence, Lana suddenly changed the topic.
"Since we’re already here... why don’t you tell sothing?"
Layla tilted her head curiously.
Lana looked directly at her before asking quietly, "Why exactly did Betty and you break up?"
It had already been more than half a year since their separation.
At first, Lana genuinely believed the two of them would eventually reconcile. She had even seen them talking and laughing together several tis, so she naturally assud they had gotten back together.
That belief lasted until one particular incident.
Soone had casually asked Layla whether she was still single.
At that mont, Layla had hidden her emotions completely before calmly admitting that she was.
anwhile, Betty’s expression had looked terrible at the ti, but she still remained silent and said nothing.
Rembering that scene, Lana quietly looked toward Layla.
Layla herself remained silent for several monts before finally speaking in a low voice.
"What if the person you loved the most had always looked down on you from the very beginning?"
Her fingers slowly tightened unconsciously.
"And what if they had been planning to leave you all along?"
Lana lowered her eyes slightly.
"If that happened..." she replied honestly, "then I would probably feel terrible."
Layla laughed softly, but there was no happiness within that laugh.
"That’s exactly what she did to ."
Her eyes gradually darkened.
"She never truly liked . She had already planned to dump from the start, yet she still acted as though she genuinely loved ."
A trace of bitterness appeared on her face. "I hate people like that the most."
After saying those words, she fell silent again.
Lana hesitated briefly before asking carefully, "Did you ever properly communicate with her about it?"
Layla suddenly laughed again.
"She claid she only said those things because her stepmother was planning to harm her."
Her expression slowly beca colder afterward.
"If that was really the case, then why didn’t she trust enough to tell the truth properly?"
Her voice gradually trembled slightly with suppressed emotions.
"Why did she always try acting like so tragic hero protecting ?"
Layla clenched her fists tightly. "I could have protected myself too."
Her breathing beca slightly uneven.
"But no. Every single ti, she made decisions for without even asking what I wanted."
Layla lowered her head tiredly. "I’m honestly exhausted."
Hearing her words, Lana sighed softly. "I’m sorry."
After a long silence, Layla suddenly looked toward Lana with slightly confused eyes.
"I genuinely don’t know what I should do anymore," she admitted quietly. "Can you give so advice?"
She hesitated briefly before continuing. "Am I even right for feeling this way?"
Lana remained silent for several monts.
Then she suddenly asked sothing entirely unexpected.
"Do you know that graduation is only three and a half months away now?"
Layla was visibly stunned before slowly nodding.
Lana continued calmly.
"After graduation, our paths may never cross again."
Her voice remained soft yet strangely heavy.
"Even if several of us aim for the sa destination, that doesn’t an all of us will successfully enter it."
The mont those words entered Layla’s ears, she imdiately froze.
Betty’s dream had always been to enter Country R’s Mystic Association.
anwhile, Layla’s own dream had always been completely different.
Compared to Betty, she wanted to remain in their own country and enter the national Mystic Association instead.
For the very first ti, Layla suddenly realized sothing she had ignored all along.
Perhaps their paths had already started diverging long before their relationship actually broke apart.
Lana continued speaking softly with her calm expression.
"At most, you and Betty only have three and a half months left to truly live like lovers."
Layla remained silent while quietly listening.
Lana slowly continued.
"After those three and a half months pass, both of you will eventually beco busy struggling between your careers and your feelings."
A complicated emotion flashed through her eyes.
After all, Lana had already experienced this kind of separation before.
She understood better than most people how terrifying reality could beco once dreams, ambitions, and responsibilities started pulling two people in completely different directions.
"I won’t say much," Lana murmured quietly, "but I can tell you one thing with certainty."
Layla slowly looked up at her.
"One day, you’ll definitely look back on this period of your life and realize that you wasted far too much ti."
Lana’s voice gradually beca softer.
"And at that mont, the only thing both of you will regret is not holding each other closer and not cherishing the monts you still had together."
The instant those words entered Layla’s ears, the emotional wall she had been desperately maintaining finally collapsed completely.
Her eyes imdiately turned red.
A choked sob escaped from her lips before tears slowly began streaming down her face.
Seeing her crying like this, Lana gently moved closer before quietly consoling her.
"Maybe Betty was indeed wrong," Lana continued softly. "Maybe she truly had many flaws."
Layla silently lowered her head while trembling slightly.
"But completely ignoring her, refusing to communicate, and refusing to get back together is the biggest problem here, Layla."
Lana sighed softly.
"Trust . One day, you’ll regret every single thing you’re doing right now."
The room beca quiet except for Layla’s suppressed crying.
"You can still try talking things out," Lana whispered gently. "You can make her understand her mistakes properly, and once she does..."
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