My friend stormed toward the pair. She started yelling at them before I could even stop her. “Sean Chandler, do you not have any sense of boundaries? That woman is practically stuck to you like glue! Those who didn’t know better probably thought that you were a couple!
“Also, you vile woman! He’s a married man. Are you that eager to become his mistress?”
The other patrons began looking in our direction after hearing the commotion. Meanwhile, Evelyn clutched onto the hem of her shirt, as if she were a child who had done something she should not. Her eyes were red.
“Enough!” Sean shoved my friend away forcefully. He cast me a stony gaze.
“Maisie Williams, how could you be so mean? Evelyn hasn’t eaten since last night. I just brought her here to eat. Yet, you had your friend say all these things to humiliate her.
“What on earth are you trying to achieve? Are you happy now that you’ve put Evelyn in an awkward position? I never thought you were such a spiteful person. I guess I’ve always been wrong about you.”
Sean had a look of disappointment in his eyes. He placed his arm around Evelyn’s shoulders and comforted her.
For a moment, all eyes were on me.
It turned out that was how Sean viewed me.
I looked him right in the eye and replied calmly, “I never told anyone to humiliate her in any way. However, people have eyes. We’re not blind.”
Without paying any mind to the bewildered expression on Sean’s face, I grabbed my friend, who was positively fuming, and left the place.
My friend was still cursing and grumbling even after we stepped out of the restaurant.
“That heartless, ungrateful bastard! You gave up your dreams for him back then and chose to work at a hospital instead. Yet, this is what he says to you now? I’m so pissed! If only I could squash that pest…”
I forced a smile. Back then, it was also at this very restaurant where Sean had held out a ring and promised that he would be good to me.
I could still recall how I teased him playfully at the time. “I hope you’re not lying about that. Otherwise, I’ll disappear from your life for good and make sure you won’t ever be able to find me.”
What was meant to be a harmless joke between lovers ended up coming true.
