My Unrequited Love Is an Absolute Secret - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

Faye’s apology came swiftly—the product of rapid assessment and careful deliberation on the scales of her mind.
If this situation escalated, she could be rejected from university admissions.
That wasn’t all.
Given the United States government’s current crackdown on immigration enforcement, she could even face deportation.
Therefore, obtaining Aemerus’s forgiveness was her best option.
Aemerus wasn’t unaware that Faye was looking out for her own interests.
“I’ll forgive you.”
Yet despite knowing this, he decided to forgive her anyway.
Of course, it wasn’t for Faye’s sake—it was for Harry, who cared for her.
“Really?”
Even as Faye sought his forgiveness, she hadn’t expected to receive it so easily, and she was taken aback.
Harry, who had remained silent throughout except when suggesting Faye apologize, felt the same shock.
I remember clearly how Aemerus had struggled when showing me the messages from the stalker.
Yet he was forgiving Faye so readily…
‘Could it be… because of me?’
If my suspicion were true, I wanted to stop him from doing this.
‘But what if I’m just imagining things?’
Nothing could be more embarrassing than jumping to conclusions alone.
So I had no choice but to watch Aemerus carefully.
“But there’s a condition.”
Of course there was. He wouldn’t forgive her outright.
Faye grumbled inwardly before asking, “What condition?”
“What is it?”
“Write a statement.”
“A statement?”
Aemerus recited the contents in a flat tone.
“I acknowledge that I have subjected Aemerus Huntington to severe harassment, and I fully understand that repeating such actions in the future may result in civil and criminal penalties.”
“….”
“If you refuse, there’s nothing I can do.”
“No! No, I’ll write it.”
The terms were quite lenient, actually.
It meant he would only pursue punishment if Faye committed the same offense again.
Aemerus slid the paper and pen from the Conference Room toward Faye.
Faye transcribed his words exactly as he dictated them, then signed her name.
“Here…”
Will this really be enough?
Faye hesitantly handed over the signed memorandum to Aemerus.
After reviewing it, Aemerus nodded slightly.
“You can go now. It looks like you two have a lot to talk about.”
“Thank you, Aemerus. I mean it.”
Faye expressed her gratitude to Aemerus, then looked at me.
We both had much to say to each other, but neither of us knew where to begin.
In the end, it was Faye who looked away first.
“Get up, Ricky.”
“Me? But I have training starting soon….”
“You’ve been skipping training left and right—what are you talking about?”
Faye grabbed Ricky by the collar and dragged him out of the room.
‘Cheating on Faye—that takes some nerve.’
I felt no sympathy for Ricky whatsoever.
Clicking my tongue disapprovingly, I called out to Aemerus.
“Aemerus, are you sure this is enough?”
“Hmm?”
“In the end, Faye didn’t really face any consequences.”
At my question, Aemerus smiled with an expression suggesting he had no concerns.
“Faye’s your friend. I didn’t want to be too harsh on her.”
It wasn’t just my imagination.
Aemerus had genuinely forgiven Faye simply because she was my friend.
An indescribable emotion washed over me.
“Aemerus, you really are….”
Aemerus is different from Jessie.
Jessie said Aemerus was suspicious and that I should distance myself from him.
But even when Faye’s wrongdoing was undeniable, Aemerus didn’t tell me to distance myself from her.
Instead, he forgave her precisely because she was my friend.
“Won’t you regret this?”
“Not really.”
At my question, Aemerus shrugged.
Then he flicked the memorandum with his finger.
“Even if this seems insignificant now, it’ll be valuable evidence in court later.”
Excuses like it was just a prank between friends or that she didn’t know it was a crime would no longer hold any weight.
My eyes widened as I listened to Aemerus’s explanation.
“Where did you learn something like that?”
“From my father. He writes contracts all the time.”
That made sense—contracts are standard in any business.
I nodded in understanding.
“So getting that memorandum means at least you didn’t come out at a loss.”
“That’s one way to look at it.”
Only then did my heart feel considerably lighter.
I wouldn’t have felt good if Faye received excessive punishment for this, but I wouldn’t have felt at ease if she walked away without any consequences either.
“Thank you, Harry. Without you, I never would have been able to expose that Faye was the intruder.”
Aemerus thanked me and pulled me into a light embrace.
It was essentially nothing more than a casual shoulder hug.
I was startled by the sudden contact, but I quickly patted his back in return.
“You’ve been through a lot these past few days too.”
I couldn’t even begin to imagine what he must have been thinking, receiving messages filled with curses every single day.
It was beyond my capacity to speculate.
‘Anyway, I’m glad this was resolved, but I have no idea how I’m supposed to face Faye from now on….’
Faye was a girl with enough leadership to unite the Asian students on campus and lead their community.
That such a girl would commit something this foolish just because of a boy.
It was both disappointing and regrettable.
‘Should I leave the group chat as well?’
Aemerus probably wouldn’t mind if I continued to be close with Faye.
But I myself wasn’t particularly inclined to do so.
I was lost in thought, still patting Aemerus’s back, when—
“Aemerus! Are you in here? Why aren’t you coming out and—”
Randy, who had thrown open the conference room door, froze solid at the sight of us two.
“What… what are you two doing right now?”
Randy’s expression was as if he’d seen a ghost.
What’s wrong with him?
As I tilted my head in confusion, I suddenly realized I was still embracing Aemerus.
Startled, I reflexively shoved Aemerus’s shoulder hard.
“Ow.”
“Oh! I’m sorry. Are you hurt?”
I hurried to check on Aemerus, who had been pushed backward in his chair.
He seemed to find the situation amusing, rubbing his shoulder with his hand and chuckling.
“Did I hurt your head….”
I shook my head at Aemerus before standing up from my seat.
From the look of things, it seemed training was about to begin.
Meanwhile, Randy was still pointing back and forth between me and Aemerus with an expression of shock.
“What’s really going on? Are you two officially dating?”
What about Jessie?
Randy barely managed to hold back those words from spilling out.
“What’s it to you?”
I shot back coolly and brushed past him.
“Come on. I’ll take you there.”
Aemerus patted Randy’s shoulder as if to say they’d talk later, then followed after me.
“Sigh….”
Randy, watching the two figures from behind, let out a hollow laugh.
When Tyler had discovered them embracing before, he’d simply accepted it.
Friends could embrace whenever they wanted, after all.
But the atmosphere between those two just now was clearly….
“Those two definitely have something going on.”
Should I tell Jessie about this, or should I keep quiet?
Harry, who had been walking ahead while Randy deliberated, came to an abrupt stop.
It was to decline Aemerus’s escort that had attached itself to me.
“You don’t need to walk me. I can go alone.”
“I want to do this.”
Aemerus showed no intention of backing down, so Harry simply let him have his way.
But it wasn’t long before I discovered the real reason he’d followed me.
“What? She’s a girl?”
“Why is a girl here?”
“I’m getting undressed!”
The Conference Room was located deep within the building for security purposes, which meant we had to pass through the Players’ Locker Room.
The athletes who happened to be changing into their uniforms for training let out shrill screams upon seeing Harry.
I couldn’t understand why the athletes, who had only removed their shirts, were making such a fuss as if they’d lost their virtue.
They stripped down without hesitation at the Swimming Pool all the time.
‘They look like plucked chickens—why all the commotion?’
Someone might envy Harry for getting such a good view.
But she felt no excitement whatsoever.
It was a starkly different reaction from how she couldn’t look directly at Aemerus when he’d undressed at lunch today.
‘They’re all far behind in comparison to Aemerus.’
As I gazed somewhat disdainfully at the pallid boys’ bodies, Aemerus reached out and blocked my view.
It was like a blinder placed on a racehorse to keep it focused straight ahead.
“Don’t look. Waste your eyes.”
The moment his words ended, playful jeers erupted from all directions.
“Ooh! Your shoulders are something special, huh?”
“Save the romance for outside.”
The instant we escaped the Locker Room with Aemerus’s help, laughter burst out of me.
“God, that was hilarious.”
“Wasn’t it unpleasant?”
Aemerus studied her expression.
He seemed worried that the athletes’ behavior might have felt rude to her.
“No. It was my fault for intruding. Especially when they were changing.”
“They probably enjoyed it.”
“Huh?”
“You looked at them.”
Harry’s mind went blank for a moment before she shook her head vigorously.
“There’s no way that’s true. Anyway, from now on I can really go by myself, so you should get going too. Training’s probably about to start.”
At her words, Aemerus lifted his wrist to check his watch.
That familiar wristwatch.
“I should head out. Sorry I couldn’t drive you all the way to your car.”
Harry found herself thinking, without quite meaning to, that the wristwatch suited him far better than it did Jessie, its original owner.

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