He was, of course, telling the truth.
He really did find Preslie pretty adorable.
Preslie dim eyes suddenly lit up again. "Really?"
Montez nodded. "You look like a cartoon character. You're adorable."
He smiled and squinted his eyes.
He said she was adorable!
He loved sweet cherries.
Preslie said happily, "You're such a sweet talker."
She then leaned down and kissed Montez on the cheek.
Montez was caught by surprise.
He quickly used his sleeve to wipe his cheek.
He regretted calling her adorable!
Aside from Yesseca, no other woman was allowed to kiss him!
Montez reprimanded Preslie, saying, "You're not allowed to kiss me. Only Yesseca can kiss me on the face, and no one else has the right to!"
Preslie was lost for words.
She couldn't help being amused by him.
Something occurred to her.
Preslie said to Yesseca, "Yesseca, he's so goodlooking and charming. You should make him a flower boy at your wedding."
Montez's eyes widened. "What did you just say?!"
"You can be Yesseca's flower boy. She's getting married at the end of this month," Preslie said with a smile.
Montez's mind went blank.
Yesseca was getting married!
How could this be?
Didn't she say that she would wait for him to grow up?!
Wasn't she going to marry him once he was all grown up?!
She was getting married at this time?!
Montez stared at Yesseca. "Yesseca, you're getting married?!"
Yesseca noticed how odd Montez looked, but she didn't think much about it. She squatted down and said gently, "That's right, Montez, I'm getting married. There's no need for you to be a flower boy, though. You have your own life to live."
Preslie didn't know that Montez was Tremaine's son, but she did. There was no way she would ask Tremaine's son to be the flower boy at her wedding.
Montez felt like a bomb had exploded in his mind. It hurt.
For a moment, he felt a rush of anger.
His Yesseca was getting married!
She was going to marry another man!
This was too much!
Yesseca was his!
Montez glared at Yesseca. "Yesseca, you're liar!"
After that, Montez turned around and ran away.
Tears rolled down his cheeks as he ran off.
Yesseca had promised to wait for him and marry him, but here she was, getting ready to marry some other man!
"What..." Preslie was stunned.
What was going on?!
She didn't understand.
Yesseca didn't understand either.
She still chased after him immediately.
"Montez, Montez, stop!" Yesseca called out after him.
Montez ignored her.
Instead, he picked up the pace.
Yesseca chased after him all the way to the entrance of the mall. She caught him before he managed to get into the car, her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. "Montez, what's wrong? Why'd you just run off like that?"
She didn't understand why Montez was so angry.
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