Ariel pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, “Were you with her when that incident happened to you earlier?”
“Yeah.” Marshall responded before continuing, “I probably wouldn’t be here talking to you if it weren’t for her. She saved me.”
The look on Ariel’s face turned somewhat strange. She paused for a moment before speaking again, “I’ll buy something and thank Ms. Jewell personally.”
Marshall waved his hand. ’Mom, it’s fine. I’ll do that myself when I recover.”
Ariel replied concernedly, “Marshall, Ms. Jewell is Keegan’s ex-wife. It’s better not to get too close to her, or people might start spreading rumors.”
Marshall paused. ’What kind of rumors?” he asked in a flat tone.
“They just got divorced a few months ago. People might think that you’re why their marriage failed or that something is going on between you two if you don’t distance yourself from her. You and Keegan are such good friends; rumors like this wouldn’t do you any good.”
Marshall kept quiet for a moment before he said, “Well, I wouldn’t be too bothered by that because… I do like her.”
Thump!
Ariel dropped the fruit knife she was holding, looking extremely shocked. Then, she abruptly stood up after freezing in place for a moment.
“What do you mean by that? Marshall, what nonsense are you talking about? Is there something wrong with your head? How could you like her?”
Marshall looked at how shocked Ariel was, who eventually started panicking. However, he remained unusually calm.
“Why can’t I like her?’
Ariel’s expression turned awful. “What do you think? She’s Keegan’s ex- wife! How are you going to face Keegan if you like her? There are so many other good girls in the world, so why does it have to be her? Did Stella seduce you? I just can’t believe that every time something bad happens to you, she has something to do with it.”
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