Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

"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.

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.

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

to several other women, heard us. Gavin then pushed her toward us. She was wearing a red dress, her lustrous hair cascading on her shoulder. Her delicate makeup

to greet me when you came, Colin? I invited our ex-classmates specially

Colin. After all, not many could call Colin by his first name. Yet the implied message in her

now, she mentioned that she only invited them for Colin. In other words, she was suggesting that she only held the party for Colin. Now that was a

elaborate attire, I wondered if she had amnesia. Even I felt secondhand embarrassment from

put in her place 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