A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Essie smiled and said, "Now you shut up, Eva. We all know that among us, Mandy has the best figure. She's wearing a D-cup, for god's sakes!"

"I don't think it's all natural, though," said Eva whispered. Although she spoke in a very low voice, Mandy still heard it. Her face immediately became contorted with annoyance, and a frown appeared on her lips. "Oh Eva, quit being jealous and hateful," she said, sounding incredibly displeased. "Yes, you're pretty, but that rear cannot be flatter!"

"I don't care," retorted Eva. "I will never have plastic surgery. I love myself and I am already contented with what I got!" Then, like a kid, she stuck out her tongue at Mandy. Eva and Mandy's friendship was mostly built through their unrelenting quarreling. Whenever they got into a fight and they got too heated up because of each other, Essie would come in between them like a big sister and help them make peace. Today, she just let them be. It had been a long time since she heard them fight like this, and honestly, she kind of missed it. Because of that, she just busied herself in consuming the flavorful steak they ordered.

Then, none of the three girls spoke up. All of them were preoccupied in savoring their food.

At one point, however, Mandy suddenly asked, "How long have we been good friends?"

The question opened a floodgate of memories in Essie's mind. As far as she could remember, they met when they were eight years old. That meant they had been friends for fourteen years already!

"Fourteen years!" she said with a huge smile on her face. "We have grown up together, Mandy." Indeed, they shared many, many memories together.

"That's true, I guess. We did grow up together," Mandy said, a glint of mystery on her eyes. "So we're not keeping secrets from one another, right?" Her words were filled with concealed meanings.

Upon hearing what she said, Essie felt a bit uneasy. She had kept her marriage to Zac a secret from her all this time. It made her feel guilty, but she felt that now was not the time to explain everything and make everything known to her. Because of that, she just quietly went back to cutting her steak and eating.

up around their table. Straightforwardly, she asked, "What

stared at Essie and said, "You,

was doing and sighed loudly. "Mandy, just say what you want to say," she

here in Dragon City, right?" she then asked, sipping

She didn't want to

still roommates?" Mandy asked, her eyes so cold and piercing that Essie felt chills

she tried her hardest to change the topic. With a smile, she said, "Talking about men when it's the first time we've seen each other in a long time? Nah,

such as the crown prince of the richest family in the east marrying a no-name designer from Beauty on Runway." While Mandy said this in a way that was not accusatory or offensive, Essie still felt a sting in her

She felt her

you know that?!"

her with wide eyes and said, "What?

to why Mandy was acting this way, Eva sighed and said, "Look, girl. Essie didn't mean to steal your dreamboy from you. She and Hanson fought one day, she got mad, she got drunk, and she got married to a man she didn't even know. Apparently, it was that Zac you like so much. It really wasn't her fault because she's kind of

felt cold sweats break out of

excellent scriptwriter. The story she was telling

know that happened?" Essie asked Mandy. Their marriage had been kept extremely private. It wasn't even announced in the news! Only a few