The Man’s Decree

“Are you interviewing him now, Michelle? Stop with all the questions, and let’s have dinner instead!” Yolanda hastily said to Michelle to save Hilda from the embarrassment.

Alas, Michelle remained persistent. Staring at Hilda, who wore a conflicted expression, she continued asking, “Hilda, is your boyfriend’s former profession a secret? Is it something you can’t say, such as him having been to prison?”

This time, she made things clear without beating around the bush any longer.

When Hilda heard that, surprise promptly crept into her features. I’ve never told anyone about that. How could she possibly know about it?

She then shifted her gaze to Yolanda as the latter had just learned that Kai had been to prison last night.

Yolanda, too, had surprise etched on her face. In the end, she swung her eyes to Yvonne with fury blazing in them. “Was it you who spouted that nonsense, Yvonne?”

her about it last night, and Michelle now knows about it, so it must

that spouting nonsense, Yolanda? I was just stating

bother making excuses but admitted to it right away. That had Yolanda hopping mad, but she

she were to let the cat out of the bag now, I’m never going to be able to hold my head

that Yvonne would also blab about

nothing embarrassing that your boyfriend had been to prison, Hilda. Why were you unwilling to tell us about it? We won’t discriminate against him. Your current status makes you a

“Haha…”

everyone burst into raucous laughter, the undisguised scorn in their

that she’d definitely be treated

leave, but Kai grabbed her arm. “Why are you leaving when we

afraid that you wouldn’t be able to afford dining here even if you worked for your entire life! If you’re worried that you can’t afford to pay your share, just say the word. Eighty or a hundred thousand is nothing to me,” Michelle proclaimed