Lonely In The World Chapter 2

Asher looked up and fixed his gaze on Luna.

Then, he smiled and held Luna’s hand.

I felt my heart thumping against my chest in sadness.

It felt as though it was bursting through my chest when I saw them walking beside each other.

My mother was smiling brightly.

“Asher, you must be hungry. Quick, have a seat. Dinner’s almost ready!”

She turned around and looked at me. Then, she instructed me with a happy voice.

“Let’s order two additional dishes and bring over a bottle of good wine.”

I looked down and did not say anything.

Yesterday, when I mentioned that I wanted to bring my boyfriend to meet my parents, they only prepared a simple meal.

They also treated Asher even better when he was with Luna.

At the dinner table, Asher served Luna food with a gentle smile. He even blew on the soup to make sure it was no longer hot before he passed it over to Luna.

My mother was thrilled when she saw that.

“Asher, her dad passed away a long time ago. It was hard for me to bring them up as a single mother.

“Since you’ve decided to be with Petra, you have to treat her well and protect her.”

Asher looked at Luna lovingly.

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Bloom. I fell in love with Petra at first sight.”

Both Luna and my mother froze.

I also paused and stared intently at Asher.

Asher was an upperclassman of mine, and I had pursued him for a whole semester before he was willing to even spare a glance at me.

He had not actually fallen in love with me at first sight.

My mother pinched me hard underneath the table, and I stood up abruptly from the pain.

Asher immediately looked over.

“Are you alright?”

My mother pulled me down calmly and smiled.

“She’s fine. She’s always a little jumpy like this. Just ignore her.”

I sat down again and continued eating.

Every bite of food was extremely hard for me to swallow.

My mother turned around to serve Luna some food.

“Petra, you should eat more. Look at how thin you are.”

She carefully looked at Luna’s face and suddenly said, “Your name doesn’t sound pretty. Let’s go and change your name to a nicer one.”

I looked up in shock as a memory resurfaced in my mind.

When I was in school, my teacher had told us about the meaning of names.

She said Luna was named after the beautiful moon.

As for me, she had skipped the meaning of my name with a laugh.

After that, I went online to search and found out the meaning of my name.

The meaning of my name was a rock.

Luna was a beautiful moon, and I was just a rock.

I was an unremarkable rock that could be easily tossed aside.

Since I was a child, I had asked to change my name multiple times.

Every time, my mother had been upset about it. She said that my father had named me.

If I changed my name, I would be disrespecting my late father.

However, Luna was called “Petra” a couple of times when my mother wanted to change her name.

I hung my head and hid my expression.

My tears fell into my food and I kept stuffing food into my mouth.

I was eating very fast, and I felt a lump in my throat.

Suddenly, I felt an urge to cough.

I coughed up blood, and it splattered on the clean white floor.