It was an official meeting, and Marcel brought Rae here for an investigation. However, Rae kept having the thought that the meeting was rather personal.
Marcel stared at Reuben. Reuben kissed Rae in the public, and Marcel saw it when he was smoking near the window of his office. Now that they were here and Marcel saw Reuben with his own eyes, the young master of the YS Club. Marcel could see the darkness in Reuben’s eyes when he stared at him. However, when Reuben looked at Rae, Marcel could see the fire of passion flowing in Reuben’s eye. The passion was so hot that it could burn a woman's heart. For a man like Reuben, they would burn the woman they fell in love with the fire of their passion.
Extreme love and extreme hatred. Reuben was an extreme man.
Marcel smiled. He and Reuben were so alike.
In some way, Marcel was a similar person when he fell in love.
So, Marcel didn’t show any signs of emotions when he saw Reuben.
He wanted to get to know about the whole situation, officially.
Reuben took the first step when Marcel wanted to tell Reuben his intention and took control of the situation. Reuben told Marcel, “Captain Hopkins, my fiancé, Rae, is a subordinate of yours. Please help me to take good care of her.”
Marcel was stunned when he heard Reuben’s word. Everyone in the room had a complicated look on their face.
Rae was shocked and became panic. She looked at Marcel.
Marcel squinted his eyes. The complicated look on Marcel’s face scared Rae. The fact that Marcel didn’t say anything scared Rae the most.
Ophelia was stunned too. She dazed and stared at blank space without having any movements.
Benjamin looked like he found something interesting. He even had a profound look on his face.
The expressions of the people in the room were different yet varied. Rae strongly believed that she was in trouble.
Rae raised her head and looked at Reuben. He smiled at her, “Rae, what a good captain you have there. He knew we haven’t seen each other for quite some time and that I missed you, so he brought you to me! I’m already missing you after our lunch at home. Luckily you’re here now.”
Rae felt like her heart stopped beating after hearing what Reuben said. She quickly looked at Marcel.
However, there wasn’t any emotion shown on Marcel’s face. Marcel continued staring at Reuben. Then, he smiled. But Rae knew it wasn’t a sincere smile. Rae was in Marcel’s team for too long that she knew the coldness in Marcel’s blood wouldn’t go away even if his smile was warm.
Rae didn’t dare to overthink. Marcel turned around and stared at Rae with a smile. However, Rae could easily sense the anger under his smile.
It was like an upcoming storm hidden under peaceful weather. The calmer Marcel looked, the angrier Marcel probably was. Marcel was probably screaming in his heart right now. He was humiliated by Rae many times, and most of the time, it was because of their relationship.
And now Reuben told him that Rae was his fiancé? Marcel was furious.
But Marcel didn’t show his anger.
It was probably the best thing about Marcel. Marcel was a different person when he was with Rae. He was calm and wise when there were outsiders, and Rae could sense Marcel’s emotion when he was alone with her. For the outsider, Marcel acted like an emotionless puppet.
Then, Rae heard Marcel’s voice. Marcel was talking to her in a casual tone, “Rae, you’ve been hiding the fact that Mr. James is your fiancé for too long.”
Marcel sounded casual, but Rae thought it was pretty insulting.
Rae didn’t know how to explain the fact. Marcel wasn’t the only one waiting for her explanation. Ophelia was waiting too.
Rae knew she had to say something. She didn’t dare to look at Marcel, and she didn’t even know where or what to look at. Suddenly, Benjamin’s eyes met with hers. Rae could see the taunting look in his eyes. There was endless darkness in Benjamin’s eyes. He even blinked at Rae when he realized Rae was looking at him.
Rae was immediately alerted, and suspicious came along. The real Rae was related to Benjamin as well?
My god!
Who was this person she impersonated?
Anyway, whoever the real Rae was, Rae had to resolve the awkward situation before her. So, she answered Marcel, “Mr. James insisted that we were engaged, but I don’t remember anything about it after the car accident five years ago. So, regardless of what Mr. James made it looked like, I have to stand up for myself. It’s been five years since the engagement. A married couple could probably divorce by now, let alone we were only engaged.”
Reuben’s expression changed after hearing what Rae said.
Rae looked at Marcel. She saw Marcel was even sulkier than before.
What? What went wrong?
Who did she mess with?
Ophelia was confused and deep in thoughts. Rae knew what Ophelia was thinking. Reuben said he went to Rae’s house for lunch, and he mentioned the engagement. Ophelia was probably heartbroken about what she heard. What hurt Ophelia the most wasn’t the engagement. It was the fact that Reuben said it out loud in front of her without considering how she would feel. This was what hurt Ophelia the most. Rae tried to put herself in Ophelia’s shoes. Rae could feel Ophelia’s sorrow.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...