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.

that question, everyone abruptly went silent, and

dorm, so it was rather despicable of the latter to have

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

story was so moving that everyone looked at him with sympathy in

with news of Hilda, for he even knew that she became an exotic

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

book by its cover. She looked innocent and pure, but she turned out

He’s such a great guy and was so good to her back then, yet

I really don’t understand where she got the courage to

over such a woman, Lincoln. You and Mich make

condemned Hilda while

that I

an eye, he managed to get everyone on his side. Everyone then heaped the blame

still hadn’t any idea that she had already become the target of public criticism