Take My Breath Away

The man in front of Erica was just average-looking. He was less than 1.75 meters tall and had single eyelids. He was wearing thick glasses with a black frame, a dark red plaid coat, and a pair of dark blue canvas shoes with white soles.

On his wrist was a bracelet made of south red agates. It was a gift from Erica on his 18th birthday. He had been wearing it since then.

Hyatt timidly smiled while he said, "I just transferred to this school. Actually, I'm also in the Department of Photography like you."

Erica was taken aback for a few moments. She blinked her eyes a few times, refusing to believe what she just heard. However, what she knew for sure was that it was not good news to see him in her school. Placing a small smile on her face, Erica composed herself. "Dude, I married someone from this city so I didn't have a choice but to continue my studies here. But you, didn't you have a great life in A Country? Why did you insist on coming to Y City? Does your mother know about this?"

"She knows," Hyatt plainly responded.

"Did she approve of it?" she wondered. There was no way his mother would agree to something like this.

Hyatt shook his head in embarrassment. "No, I transferred by myself."

'I knew it!' Erica exclaimed in her mind. She then flicked his forehead. "I didn't expect that you would have the guts to do that. I couldn't transfer to another school by myself. How did you do it?"

Hyatt rubbed his head where she had playfully flicked him. With uttermost honesty, he said, "My uncle is a professor of this school so I asked him for help."

"Well, that's just great! I guess your mother will not only hate me, but she'll also beat me to death the next time she sees me! There's no doubt about it!" Erica helplessly rolled her eyes at him.

Back in A Country, Hyatt had ignored his mother, aka Erica's headteacher in junior high, just so he could be admitted to the Department of Photography with Erica. His mother had been so angry that she had wanted to disown him.

Now, he had actually followed her to Y City. Erica could assume that Hyatt was having a hard time before he came here. Why else would he go through all the trouble of moving to another place?

Hyatt didn't like Erica's reaction so he complained softly, "Since you left, Reese and her companions had been bullying me every single day. Not once did anyone help me. Finally, I had enough. I didn't want to be alone there. I was so scared."

Erica and Hyatt had known each other since they were in middle school. For the longest time, they had been the best of friends. They were so close that Erica would always beat him up.

But Erica never allowed any other person to bully him. She had even warned the whole student body that if anyone would dare to bully Hyatt, it meant that they were bullyi

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'Three hundred thousand?' Erica was so shocked that she couldn't respond for a few moments. "Yes, that's e-enough. I just want three?—" Erica tried to speak but the word "thousand" was too hard for her to say. She thought that if she were to only withdraw a little amount, it would disappoint the manager who had treated her with so much warmth and enthusiasm. After a short pause, she made her decision. "I'll withdraw 30, 000 dollars first. It's not convenient to bring too much cash to school."

"You're right. Please wait a moment, ma'am. I will just get your cash. It shouldn't take too long."

So when she talked to Hyatt, Erica's bag was loaded with thirty thousand cash.

She didn't have a choice after all.

Meanwhile, disappointment filled Hyatt's eyes. "Erica, out of everyone I know, you're the one who didn't care the most about money. So why did you get married for money, to a man who doesn't love you?"

"Who told you I married Matthew Huo for money? I have to raise Ethan. I had no choice but to marry him. Do you understand?" It was true that she loved money and she had often been short of money before. But her family was rich, so how could she have possibly married a man she didn't love, just for money?

"It's okay for you to have Ethan. I didn't mind that. But you promised that you would marry me!" Hyatt looked at her seriously.

Erica awkwardly scratched her ear. "You know I was kidding. I wouldn't have even been friends with you if it weren't for your mother!"

Erica and Hyatt's friendship had a long story behind it. Back in middle school, Erica had been a mischievous kid. She was always playing tricks on people and making trouble everywhere she went. Lilith Zhuang had been so angry that she publicly scolded Erica in class. She told the girl that if she continued to act like that, no one would marry her in the future.