“Hello. Thank you so much for always taking such good care of Sophie,” Tristan said politely.

“Oh, no. Not at all. Sophie has been the one constantly looking out for me,” Butterfly replied. I doubt I’d have come this far if it weren’t for her! For all I know, I might’ve married a random guy and settled for a mediocre life that’s a far cry from what I have now.

“Mr. Tristan, are you bad with directions? Smokestar Barbecue isn’t all that big, so why do you still need Sophie to lead you in? Don’t you know she’s had a long day?” Arius asked scornfully.

He couldn’t stand the sight of Tristan, so to him, anything the latter did was wrong and off-putting.

Tristan chose to ignore the man.

After all, why should he stoop to Arius’ level in front of Sophie?

Butterfly, on the other hand, shot a glare at Arius. My goodness. He’s doing it on purpose! What on earth does he have against Tristan anyway? Shouldn’t he be happy that Tristan treats Sophie with so much love and care?

“If you don’t want to eat, you can see yourself out right now, Arius,” Tristan uttered flatly.

“You—” Arius muttered, anger rising in him like a tide. Damn it! I know I’m not Tristan’s match.

“Let’s tuck in, Arius! Didn’t you say you were starving?” Sophie urged. They had already ordered the food before Tristan arrived, so why let that go to waste?

Seeing the mouth-watering meats sizzling on the grill, Tristan promptly cut a slice of lamb for Sophie.

“Eat up and leave him be. Given his childishness, it’d be useless to talk sense into him!”

“Excuse me? In what way am I childish?” Arius fumed.

Argh! What else can I do, though? I’m all alone, and there’s no one to back me up…

At that point, however, Butterfly began to find Arius rather amusing. Haha! This Arius seems like a lot of fun! Could he be jealous of Tristan? Then again, he doesn’t look the type to fall for Sophie!

Just then, Sophie’s voice rang out. “Ignore him, Butterfly. Eat your food!”

“Okay!”

Smokestar Barbecue was excellent, so Butterfly and Arius gleefully ate their fill. Sophie didn’t eat much, but that

however, somewhat worried when she saw Tristan picking at his

the matter? Is the food

Tristan muttered. As it turned out, he had been

dragged you

the rare

merely stared at the man in stunned

everything. The meal can always be rescheduled,

I’m all right!” Tristan insisted as

“Okay.”

he’s fine, what more can I say? Besides,

instructed Arius to send Butterfly home,

pleasant young lady? Even he couldn’t

sound, you hear me? Don’t bully

Why would a good man like me bully the

said, I know Arius is indeed a good and dependable man. I

be taking our leave, then,” Butterfly piped up. “Don’t forget to invite me

right,” Sophie said, chuckling at

left, Sophie and Tristan

been a while since Sophie had visited her grandfather, so if

to do? If there is, you

pay Old Mr. Tanner a visit, then,”

bad for not having arranged a meeting between our families. Then again, Dad’s attitude has always been

Grandpa,” Sophie said. “However, if Grandpa asks, you don’t have to tell him how your father feels about us. Grandpa’s getting on in years,

It’s all my fault that you have to put up with this,” Tristan replied solemnly. “You don’t have to care about other people’s

be able to stop me from marrying

worry. I don’t mind at

can I miss the rare

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