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.

abruptly went silent,

all, Hilda and Michelle were roommates from the same dorm, so it was rather despicable of the latter to have somewhat stolen

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.

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

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

never thought that she’d be such a person! She looked all sweet and docile back then, but she actually became an exotic

innocent and pure, but she turned out to be such

was so good to her back then, yet she just didn’t

the class reunion today. I really don’t understand

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

Hilda

his eyes, Lincoln nodded lightly. “It’s fortunate that I met Mich

managed to get

any idea that she had already become the target of public criticism before she had