Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 580

Joshua, Katherine, and Sophia had been walking to and from school together since they were in elementary school.

However, Katherine was so determined to uphold her promise to the girl that she told Joshua to stay away from her and Sophia. NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

Joshua's expression turned gloomy the moment he heard that, but Katherine stood her ground and made her point clear before running off to cry in the restroom.

Sophia ran after Katherine and tried her best to comfort her, but the latter's tears wouldn't stop flowing.

Thinking that Katherine had no feelings for him whatsoever, Joshua got so angry that he went along with her request and stopped hanging out with them. Even so, he did not date that other girl.

As though Katherine and Joshua had become complete strangers, the two of them never spoke to each other ever since.

Sophia and Joshua had somewhat similar personalities in the sense that they were both the quiet type. They could sit there minding their own business for hours without talking if Katherine wasn't around.

As such, no one had ever tried to pair them up with each other despite their good grades and equally good looks.

Since Katherine was always the one to initiate their conversations, Joshua had no idea how to talk to her when she stopped doing so.

One time, Joshua finally had an opportunity to speak to Sophia and Katherine. However, Katherine turned around and dragged Sophia away before Joshua could say a word.

Just like that, their “cold war” dragged on. About a month later, the girl who approached Katherine came to see her again.

This time, she brought her friends with her. Without warning, one of her friends stepped forward and tried to slap Katherine. Fortunately, Sophia was quicker and pushed the girl away.

Katherine was stunned as she had no idea what she did wrong. Had Sophia not responded in time, the slap would have surely landed on Katherine's cheek.

Having missed her slap, the girl then began verbally abusing Katherine. “You pretentious b*tch! You know my friend likes Joshua, so why would you stick around him so much? You don't even like him anyway!”

Katherine was already in a bad mood at the time. Hearing the girl's words angered her so much that she burst out crying on the spot.

Someone told Joshua what was going on, and he rushed over to confront the girl.

The girl sobbed as she replied, “You were tutoring me a while back, weren't you? Doesn't that mean we have something special going on?”

“You paid me to tutor you, so I did. I don't see anything special about that,” Joshua retorted coldly with a sneer. He then glanced at Katherine, who was also crying, and continued, “Besides, I only agreed to

tutor you because I needed money to buy Katherine a birthday present.”

That response of his was no different from slapping the girl in front of everyone.

On top of that, he had also indirectly admitted to liking Katherine.

Even Sophia was a little shocked when she heard what he said. She did not expect a guy like Joshua to say something that bold in public.

If Joshua simply wanted to help Katherine out, all he had to do was clarify that he wasn't dating the girl he tutored. There was no need for him to further embarrass the girl by mentioning the birthday present.

Due to the huge commotion they caused, the disciplinary teacher summoned all of them to his office on the spot.

Since Joshua was a model student, the disciplinary teacher decided to let them off after a brief lecture.

Despite nearly getting hit for no reason, Katherine was carefree enough to let it go after making sense of everything. Feeling overjoyed after hearing that Joshua was not dating the girl, she ran up to him and asked for the birthday present.

“Happy birthday,” Joshua said while handing her the present that he had prepared.

That day happened to be Katherine's birthday, so Joshua was actually glad the girl confronted Katherine. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the chance to give Katherine the present.

“Wow! It's beautiful! I like it very much!” Katherine exclaimed when she opened the box.

Inside was a necklace that she and Sophia had set their sights on while shopping at the mall. However, they were too poor to afford it, so Katherine had no choice but to let it go.

Sophia was planning to buy it for Katherine using the money she had saved up, but Joshua approached her a month ago and said he wanted to give it to Katherine as a birthday present.

Since he had offered to buy the necklace, Sophia decided to let him do it instead.

She was, however, surprised that Joshua had been close to that girl simply to tutor her and earn some money.

Since Joshua had made his point very clear, Sophia believed Katherine would surely understand his feelings for her.

She then stepped away to give the two some privacy. By the time school was over, Joshua and Katherine were back to being close again.

Sophia asked Joshua why he didn't confess his feelings like the other boys, but he kept quiet and simply stared at Katherine with a displeased look on his face.

Sophia couldn't help but feel bad for him when she saw his reaction. She had tried to help him out by dropping hints in front of Katherine, but the latter was so dense that she thought Sophia had a crush on Joshua instead. Sophia stopped trying to matchmake them after that.

Joshua and Katherine only started dating after completing the university entrance exam. As Sophia's parents had passed away during that time, she felt depressed and didn't pay much attention to them at

all.

Eventually, she pulled herself together and went to university in Jadeborough. Joshua waited until then to tell her that he and Katherine were dating.

Joshua and Katherine had been childhood friends for over twenty years, so they were more like family members that supported each other.

Katherine got into the entertainment industry during her university days while Joshua was busy with his studies. As a result, the two of them barely had time to contact each other. Just as there were lots of girls in university who tried to court Joshua, there were lots of wealthy young men in the entertainment industry who tried to woo Katherine as well.

Given how young the two of them were at the time, nobody could say for sure what would happen in the future.

However, Sophia saw them decisively reject all of their admirers no matter what.

Even Katherine, who always had a carefree attitude, was very careful to avoid scandals in the entertainment industry.

Although there wasn't anything too exciting about their relationship, that was precisely the reason it felt real and relatable.

After learning about their story, Charlize couldn't help but exclaim in envy, “I wish I had a childhood sweetheart like that! They've been together for over twenty years!”

Sophia smiled and took a sip of her fruit juice. As she looked up, she noticed someone staring at Charlize, who was sitting right next to her.