Ariel pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, “Were you with her when that incident happened to you earlier?”

“Yeah.” Marshall responded before continuing, “I probably wouldn’t be here talking to you if it weren’t for her. She saved me.”

The look on Ariel’s face turned somewhat strange. She paused for a moment before speaking again, “I’ll buy something and thank Ms. Jewell personally.”

Marshall waved his hand. ’Mom, it’s fine. I’ll do that myself when I recover.”

Ariel replied concernedly, “Marshall, Ms. Jewell is Keegan’s ex-wife. It’s better not to get too close to her, or people might start spreading rumors.”

Marshall paused. ’What kind of rumors?” he asked in a flat tone.

“They just got divorced a few months ago. People might think that you’re why their marriage failed or that something is going on between you two if you don’t distance yourself from her. You and Keegan are such good friends; rumors like this wouldn’t do you any good.”

Marshall kept quiet for a moment before he said, “Well, I wouldn’t be too bothered by that because… I do like her.”

Thump!

the fruit knife she was holding, looking extremely shocked. Then, she abruptly

by that? Marshall, what nonsense are you talking about? Is there something

was, who eventually started panicking. However, he remained unusually

can’t I like

the world, so why does it have

face darkened. “Mom, can you not insult her like that? You have always taught me to respect women since I was a child, yet you just used the word “seduce” to degrade

she spoke, “You can date anyone, but

down, as if she was worried that she might have triggered her sensitive son. “Even if I agree, or even if you don’t care about what Keegan thinks, your grandfather will never allow a divorced woman with an illegitimate family background to be a

chuckled. “That’s why I didn’t dare to confess. I’m

cleared her throat as she clenched her slightly trembling fingers. It took her a while to finally sit back down and hold Marshall’s

busy with work. You haven’t even met other girls yet. Your aunt introduced plenty of girls to

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