"Colin, your girlfriend is so pretty. She looks rather familiar. You have good taste. Lucky you!"

"Yes, she's pretty, so much so that I worry constantly if I'm good-looking enough for her." Colin put my hand on his shoulder and flaunted proudly.

"Come on, Colin. Stop showing off. No need to tell us how single we are." The ones approaching were all men, and they complimented us upon seeing me walking hand in hand with Colin. They looked at me respectfully and admirably without any sense of perversion.

They gave genuine compliments, and Colin returned with genuine responses. I, too, felt genuinely happy. Men often needed their men's talk. I didn't want to disturb Colin and his friends, so I took a step back, creating enough space to hear the friendly chit-chat between them.

They saw my polite gesture and complimented my sensibility. They also mentioned that Colin was so lucky to have found such a classy woman as his girlfriend. As the recipient of these commendations, he smiled ear to ear.

words and proudly accepted their compliments. Since I was slightly behind them, I couldn't hear the conversation clearly. It took me a while to notice

were now working in various places. Many flew back upon receiving Jasmine's invitation. One of them even

I couldn't believe that Jasmine was influential enough to unite all her ex-classmates, who were dispersed all over

red dress, her lustrous hair cascading on her shoulder.

she gently cooed, "Why didn't you come in to greet me

a manner that made people think she was close to Colin. After all, not many could call Colin by his first name.

birthday party. She never mentioned that she'd invite her ex-classmates. And now, she mentioned that she only invited them for

secondhand embarrassment from the situation she was in yesterday. Yet today, she acted as

last night yet continued to mingle with us as if she were a good friend. How did she do that? She also implied that she threw the party for Colin. Was this a plan she devised overnight to make Colin look back

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