“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!”

their fill. Sophie didn’t eat much, but that was hardly surprising since her

she saw Tristan

Is the

today,” Tristan muttered. As it turned out, he had been

have dragged you here for barbeque!”

rare opportunity to

merely stared at the man in stunned

overthinking everything. The meal can always be

right!” Tristan insisted as he

“Okay.”

more can I say? Besides, we’re

meal, Sophie instructed Arius to send Butterfly home, to which the man

a pleasant young lady? Even he couldn’t deny

sound, you hear me? Don’t bully

cut me deep, Sophie! Why would a good man like me

know Arius is indeed a good and dependable man. I can trust

piped up. “Don’t forget to invite

chuckling at how clingy

and Butterfly left, Sophie and Tristan finally

go now?” Tristan asked. It had been a while since Sophie had visited her grandfather, so if that were what she wanted, he’d be

anything else you need to do? If there

I’m free. Let’s pay Old Mr.

for not having arranged a meeting between our families. Then again, Dad’s attitude has always been atrocious, and I don’t want to risk him upsetting Old

It’s been quite some time since I’ve met Grandpa,” Sophie said. “However, if Grandpa asks, you don’t have to tell him how your father feels about us.

that you have to put up with this,” Tristan replied solemnly. “You don’t have to care about other people’s opinions, though. No matter what happens,

be able to stop

know. Don’t worry. I

How can I miss the rare opportunity to

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