The Man’s Decree

“Oh my God, three hundred grand? I’ve got to work hard for ten years to afford a watch like Lincoln’s!”

“Comparisons are odious. We can’t possibly compare!”

“Lincoln has both looks and riches! This kind of man is truly perfect!”

“When are you going to break up with him, Mich? I want to book him in advance. I’m even content with being his girlfriend for a day!”

They all sang Lincoln and Michelle’s praises while also teasing them, causing them both to burst out laughing.

Ah, this feeling of being envied is truly great!

“I remember that you used to date Hilda in the past, Lincoln. Why did you two break up?” a long-haired girl in a dress asked out of the blue.

That girl was Yvonne White, and she was from the same dorm as Hilda back then, so she knew some things about Hilda and Lincoln.

went

so it was rather despicable of the latter to have somewhat stolen

turn of events, Lincoln suddenly put on a sorrowful expression and feigned hesitance as he murmured, “It’s a long story, and it’s also something I’m most reluctant to bring up. I gave Hilda my heart, yet she wasn’t satisfied at all. Besides her penchant for lavish spending, she also loved to frequent bars. In the end, she even became an exotic

everyone looked at him with

that Lincoln still kept up with news of Hilda, for he even knew that

she’d be such a person! She looked all sweet and docile back then, but she actually became an exotic dancer at a

innocent and

great guy and was so good to her back then,

the class reunion today. I really don’t understand where

it to grieve over such a woman, Lincoln. You and Mich make a good

condemned Hilda while consoling

shimmering in his eyes, Lincoln nodded lightly. “It’s fortunate that I met Mich now. She’s a

eye, he managed to get everyone on his side.

that she had already become