My Ex-boyfriend Has An Incurable Disease

My ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend added me on WhatsApp. She suddenly sent me several messages. [So what if you're pretty and rich? He still left you to be with me?]

[I texted you today just to tell you that no matter how good you are, it's useless to someone who doesn't love you!]

[If it's not yours, it's not yours. He's mine. Are you envious?]

I rolled my eyes and quickly typed a line of words. [He has AIDS.]

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On the first anniversary of our relationship, my boyfriend, Lucas Schmidt, said he had to work overtime at the company and didn't come back.

In the evening, I bought a dinner box and delivered it to his office.

As soon as I arrived downstairs, I saw two people who were very close to each other walking out of the office from a distance.

The man was Lucas and the woman was Ariana McCarthy, a new intern in the company who was still in her senior year. She was thin and small but had pretty facial features. She also had a very positive attitude during the interview.

I saw her talking excitedly to my boyfriend, which made him smile.

Seeing me suddenly appear from the side, both of them had a stiff expression.

Lucas was the first to react, but I could hear a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. He asked me, "Baby? Why are you here?"

"What do you mean? Can't I come here?" I asked him back in surprise.

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant, it's so late ...." he answered a little nervously.

"I'm here to pick up my boyfriend from get off work, is that a problem?" I took Lucas' arm and handed him the box in my hand.

"Of course not. Okay, Ariana, just hand in the project plan tomorrow. Don't forget the precautions I just told you. You can go first."

Before I could ask anything, Lucas sent the intern away with just a few words.

"Babe, I got off work late today and I planned to bring you some barbecue. It's so tiring for you to cook."

Speaking of which, Lucas immediately took out his mobile phone, then took a photo and posted it on his social media account, with the caption [A love dinner made by my baby.]

This series of actions made it impossible for me to find any fault with him.

However, when I thought about how close he and Ariana were just now, my intuition told me that something was wrong.

He and Ariana were not in the same department, so how could they have the opportunity to discuss the project plan?

Perhaps sensing my suspicion, on the way home, Lucas fastened my seat belt and began to chatter incessantly.

"The HR Department just transferred Ariana to the Technical Department today. She doesn't know a lot of things. Several employees are on business trips, so I can only let her learn from me for two days. You were the one who interviewed her, so please rest assured."

I did not say anything and just let it go.

The next morning, I turned on the vibrating alarm in order to wake myself up, then I casually opened my social media account.

The first one was posted by my boyfriend, a screenshot of some very interesting words.

[You're still working overtime so late, take care of yourself.]

There were already many likes below and there was even a comment. [Wow, they are showing off their love in public.]

My mind instantly woke up from a daze. The words in the screenshot were not sent by me.

I took a screenshot of the picture and sent it to Lucas. It showed that the other party was typing several times, but no message was sent.

I could not hold back and sent a question mark before he replied.

[This is a green tea, Babe. I posted it on my social media just to let everyone see her character!]

Cih, I grinned.

[Lucas, do you take me for a fool?]

[It's real, Babe. I forgot to edit the text when I posted it. I posted it again this time. Take a look.]

I opened my social media again and sure enough, he had reposted a new one with the caption [I already have a girlfriend, please don't harass me.]

The picture was still the same screenshot.

This ambiguous caption in the picture made me wonder whether it was referring to his other girlfriend or me.