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!

knife she was holding, looking extremely shocked. Then, she abruptly stood up after freezing in place for a

what nonsense are you talking about? Is there something wrong with your head? How could

looked at how shocked Ariel was, who eventually started panicking. However, he remained

can’t I

to face Keegan if you like her? There are so many other good girls in the world, so why does it

taught me to respect women since I was a child, yet you just used the word “seduce” to degrade Stella. Do

lips trembled as she spoke, “You can date anyone, but never

she took a deep breath to calm herself 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

swallowed as he lowered his gaze and chuckled. “That’s why I didn’t dare to confess. I’m scared that she’d reject

cleared her throat as she clenched her slightly trembling fingers. It took her a while to finally

You haven’t even met other girls yet. Your aunt introduced

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