Alexander, now irritated by Marcus’ confrontation, turned around and scowled, “Who the hell are you?”

An intense fight was about to break out because Alexander was on the verge of losing his cool after Marcus warned him to stay away from me.

After Marcus checked on me and ensured everything was fine, he answered, “I’m her friend. What about you?”

“Oh! What a coincidence! I’m her friend too!” As a foreigner, Alexander was slightly taller than Marcus. He tucked his arm and announced with his chest held high, “I’m her best friend’s boyfriend! I don’t need to introduce myself anymore, right?”

Marcus narrowed his eyes and replied indifferently, “She’s my fiancée.”

“Y-You…” Alexander’s cheeks reddened in wrath. He could barely suppress his emotions anymore. “Stop lying! I have never heard of Scarlett being engaged to another man!”

“I’m pretty sure there are plenty of things you have never heard of. I think I should inform you that I have been keeping her company over the past few years.”

Marcus spoke nonchalantly, yet he made himself clear he was superior to Alexander in terms of his relationship with me.

I was sitting in between the two men, so things quickly grew awkward for me. I couldn’t see why they started getting worked up over a trivial issue.

was rendered speechless by Marcus’ reply. Hence, he asked me, “Scarlett, is he telling the truth? Have you been spending time with him when you were gone all this

was confused by the reason he had gotten overly worked up, I nodded and said,

brows in silence, obviously having a hard time accepting the

“I—”

her to have her meal because she’s currently not in her prime. If there’s nothing else, please keep everything you have in mind for

to carry on with the

restaurant seemed to be relatively stuffed because of them as things

companions approached him and queried with a

replied in a petulant manner and warned the woman, “Hold it right there, Mom! I know what’s going on in your mind, but

why have you gotten so worked up? You just behaved as if your girlfriend had turned her back against you.” His mother directed the rhetorical question at him, yet she had her eyes

her son. She must have driven countless women away from

Please leave us alone. I’ll explain

back to their table. Prior to his departure,

like a woman’s name. Is she a close acquaintance

stopped interacting with me throughout our

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