Memories Of The Night

Farrah picks up her chopsticks and is about to start eating when she notices that Katrina is frozen, staring blankly into the distance.

"Katrina," Farrah calls. "What are you doing? Let"s eat."

Katrina snaps out of her daze and smiles in response, picking up her chopsticks.

But Farrah senses that something is wrong.

What did she see? What has she been staring at? Confused, Farrah turns her head and sees Marcellus leading a young girl by the hand and walking in their direction.

Marcellus? Farrah"s eyes widen in disbelief. She never expected to encounter Marcellus in such a place. Seeing the girl he seems to be close with, she realizes that the stranger must be his new girlfriend.

At that moment, Farrah feels unspeakably dejected. Complicated emotions fill her heart.

Today, she took Katrina out to shop around in an attempt to distract her from her breakup with Marcellus. Unfortunately, they b.u.mped into Sophie, who viciously announced that Marcellus has a new girlfriend to make Katrina feel bad.

After the encounter, Farrah wanted to cheer Katrina up by having dinner at her favorite restaurant. But now they see Marcellus with his new girlfriend.

Farrah feels sick. All her efforts at cheering Katrina up only makes her feel worse. She wishes she could go back in time to this morning and tell her past self that it"s not a good day to go out today.

In the blink of an eye, Marcellus and his girlfriend reach their table and stop in front of Katrina.

Marcellus is still handsome and gentle as ever. He is the first to speak, greeting politely, "Long time no see."

The most embarra.s.sing thing in the world is to meet an ex, especially meeting an ex with their current partner. Despite her discomfort, Katrina responds with a smile, "Yeah, long time no see."

"This is my girlfriend, Irene Harrison," Marcellus introduces, tugging at Irene with his hand.

Katrina studies the girl in front of her. Sure enough, Irene is beautiful and cla.s.sy. She smiles and nods politely at the girl. "h.e.l.lo, Miss Harrison."

Then she looks back at Marcellus and says, "Your girlfriend is beautiful, you two are a perfect match. I wish you both the best."

Hearing Katrina"s heartfelt blessing makes Marcellus depressed. A perfect match? Back when we were together, people used to say the same thing about us. Marcellus can"t believe how unaffected Katrina seems to be upon seeing him with another girl.

Marcellus knows he has no reason to be upset. They have already broken up, and they both have new partners now. Despite this, he still feels depressed.

It seems they can no longer go back to the past.

This is the first time that Marcellus touches Irene again, even taking the initiative to introduce her as his girlfriend.

In reality, Irene is nothing more than an obligation to Marcellus. The small gesture fills her heart with joy.

But the sight of Katrina makes her a little defensive. Men tend to have special feelings for their ex. She can only imagine what it must be like for Marcellus, who loved Katrina so deeply in the past.

Even now that she"s with Marcellus, she can tell that Marcellus likes Katrina a lot more than he likes her. He pursued Katrina because he loves her, but he is only with Irene out of obligation.

Irene has no doubt that Marcellus would choose Katrina in a heartbeat if Katrina gives him a sign that she wants to get back together.

As Marcellus" current girlfriend, Irene wants to show Katrina her place. She links her arm with Marcellus" and says in a deliberately sweet tone, "Hi, Miss Miller! I know everything about you and Marcellus. Don"t worry, and I don"t care about what happened between you two. After all, everyone must move on and look forward."

Irene gazes at Marcellus with a look of love and affection.

Katrina can read between the lines. She can hear the undeniable "He"s mine, back off!" loud and clear. Marcellus may have belonged to Katrina in the past, but his future is now with Irene.

With a smile, Katrina replies, "You"re right. We must look forward. I hope to get your wedding invitation soon."

Irene smiles confidently. "Thank you, and we"ll definitely invite you. Well, we"ll go ahead now."

After the brief greeting, Marcellus and Irene take their seats at another table.

Once they are out of earshot, Farrah grumbles, "There"s nothing to show off."

Irene"s words and actions were a deliberate show of affection. She clearly wanted to flaunt her relations.h.i.+p with Marcellus in front of Katrina. Irene still showed off even though Katrina would obviously feel uncomfortable by the display.

For Farrah, anyone who hurts Katrina is her enemy.

Katrina smiles at Farrah. "It"s human nature. Please don"t worry about me, Farrah. I"m fine," she says, putting some grilled fish on Farrah"s plate.

Then she puts some on her own plate and takes a bite. Katrina moans in pleasure. "It"s as delicious as before! Have some, Farrah!"

As Farrah expected, Katrina actually feels uncomfortable to see Marcellus with another woman. But she completely understands Irene"s actions. No girl would want her boyfriend to get back together with his ex-girlfriend.

Irene has every right to flaunt her position in front of her.

Katrina remembers how she let Aaron pretend to be her new boyfriend in front of Marcellus to make him give up on her. Aaron was overly sweet and affectionate the whole time, warning Marcellus off the same way Irene just did.

And Katrina was the one who broke up with him. She can only imagine how Marcellus felt at the time. Seeing her with Aaron must have hurt him a lot.

But it"s a good thing that Marcellus has a new girlfriend now.

Although there"s a sense of loss, Katrina will bless them from the bottom of her heart.

From now on, she will actively maintain a certain distance from Marcellus for his relations.h.i.+p with Irene to develop smoothly. She doesn"t want Irene to have any misunderstanding, nor does she want Irene to regard her as an imaginary rival.