Hate Is Love's Extreme

Synopsis

The day after I returned to my home country, I ran into Houston Bennett, my childhood crush, at the Citizen Service Center. He was busy handling his kid's birth certificate. When Houston saw me, he paused. "How have you been these years?" I nodded. "I'm good, thanks for caring." My distant tone caught him off guard. He lowered his head and gave a self-deprecating smile. "You used to follow me around all day. But now... Elise, do you hate me?" I looked down at the Petition for Name Change in my hand. "No." Because the one who hated him was Elise Bennett. But I was Elise Hughes now.