Chapter 5
chapter 5
I was caught off guard by Captain Long’s words.
I instinctively looked at fan, who was suppressing a smile as he slowly took out his phone. Feeling trapped, I maintained my composure.
I added Ian’s WhatsApp contact.
I noted his unusual username “Pikake” and simple blue flame profile picture.
His username was odd.
Not wanting to linger, I quickly made an excuse to leave.
Later, at home, I saw Captain Long’s post on X.
The photo from dinner looked odd.
I hadn’t noticed anything unusual when it was taken, but now I couldn’t help but frown.
Ian and I seemed unusually close.
It looked as if Ian and I were a couple.
While Yannis and Wendy looked like a couple.
Yannis had liked the post.
It reminded me of his unanswered messages from an alternate account.
Yannis was using an alternate account to contact me – a trick we often used during closed training sessions. I ignored Yannis but saw updates.
He took Wendy back to the fire station after the dinner.This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.
Wendy was ecstatic, posting about it on every social media platform.
She posted, “Remember when you said you wanted to be a firefighter to protect me? Now you’ve done it.” It was a subtle confession to Yannis that quickly went viral.
People bombarded me with questions about Yannis and me.
I found it almost funny.
We’d never been public. We were just colleagues and secret lovers, never true partners.
Everything I had once longed for, Wendy would soon have.
Love or not were actually so straightforward and simple.
I had been deceiving myself all along.
Now that the dream was shattered, it was time to wake up.
I wondered where Wendy’s constant sense of crisis towards me had come from.
Yannis clearly loved her deeply.
As I pondered Wendy’s inexplicable insecurity and Yannis’s obvious love for her, my phone chimed.
It was Ian.
He informed me that my transfer application had been approved, and within three days, I would receive official confirmation to transfer from my current unit.
My hands shook with excitement as I thanked him.
Even though he didn’t reply further, I couldn’t contain my joy.
The opportunity I’d given up a year ago was finally within reach again.