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?”

told her about it last night, and Michelle now knows about it,

is that spouting nonsense, Yolanda? I was just stating the

had Yolanda hopping mad, but she was also worried at the same time since Yvonne was

of the bag now, I’m never going to be able to

that Yvonne would also blab about her if angered, she didn’t comment

to tell us about it? We won’t discriminate against him. Your current status makes you a perfect match with him. One is an exotic dancer, while the other is an ex-convict. That’s a match made

“Haha…”

everyone burst into raucous laughter, the undisguised scorn

She hadn’t wanted to come in the first place because she knew that she’d definitely be treated with contempt

up to leave, but Kai grabbed her arm. “Why are you leaving when we haven’t even eaten, Hilda?

joking with you? Look at how open-minded your boyfriend is. This is Glamor Hotel, you know? If it weren’t for this class reunion, I’m afraid that you wouldn’t be able to afford dining here even if you worked for your