Martin was also dumbstruck. He was baffled and gasped, "It turns out that you've been messing with me! I can't believe I had to put up with the two of you for the past ten days!"
What he said was right, though. Although he didn't have to work, he was forced to eat unappetizing yet nutritious food every day.
However, before he could finish, Thea and Harley shouted at him simultaneously, "Shut up!"
Martin shut up immediately. Both of them were really meant for each other!
After a while, he started to speak again.
"You guys..."
"I told you to shut up!"
Martin was speechless.
"I have nothing to say! It has nothing to do with me now, so hurry up, settle payments with me and let me go!"
The next second, Harley and Thea punched him in both eyes respectively. After that, Thea turned and scurried away.
When Harley was about to chase after her, someone held onto his foot.
Martin looked up at Harley with his swollen eyes and grunted.
"You're the one who brought me here! Even though it was a mistake, you still need to pay up!"
Harley glanced at Thea, then lowered his head and threw a card at Martin!
"Get lost!"
Martin immediately recalled who Harley was now that he had been given a good knock to the head.
"I remember now. You are the policeman who raided our club that night! Why am I so unlucky? I had been hiding so far away, so how could you still find me?"
Harley froze for a second and grabbed him by the collar.
He remembered it too. That night, he saw Thea coming out of the club with a man. He was furious at that time and flew into a raging outburst, beating the man up.
Eventually, he even called his colleagues to raid their club!
Harley looked at the face in front of him carefully. The next second, he raised his fist and punched Martin in the face again.
Martin covered his eyes with his hands and cried out in pain.
Harley looked very pleased and exclaimed, "It really is you!"
Martin looked depressed and was close to tears. He begged, "Of course it's me! Please, sir, I really never touched your girlfriend. Please spare me!"
When Harley arrived in the garden, Thea was sitting morosely next to the flower bed. Her face was painted with confusion and regret.
She was nonplussed, unsure what was going on.
Amos had found the right person. Martin was the man she found in that place back then. From what she remembered, she had only slept with that man before!
How could it not be him? If that was the case, where did Cutie Pie come from?
As she was deep in her thoughts, Harley hugged Thea from behind.
"Thea, I'm sorry..."
Thea was startled. She replied, "It's me who should say sorry, you..."
"No, it's me. I apologize! I've got it all wrong. I didn't say it out loud because I held a grudge in my heart. It's all my fault for causing you so much pain and bother."
Thea turned around and looked at Harley suspiciously.
"What are you talking about?"
When their eyes met, Harley took a deep breath and started, "Thea, do you remember that day at the hotel? You left after getting up in the morning..."
Thea was instantly dejected. That incident was the biggest regret in her life. For some reason, she was constantly reminded of it lately.
She remembered waking up the next day after indulging herself in a one-night stand.
If she could reverse time, she wished she hadn't drunk that night. If only she had waited a little while longer, at the very least, up till the moment when Harley confessed his love to her!
"Harley, I..."
"Don't be sad, Thea. I was there as well that day."
Thea was stupefied. She asked, "What did you say?"
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