"Oh! Him? We were once in a relationship, but I later broke up with him. But still, he chases me around like a dog. You wouldn't want a dog as a boyfriend, right?" Lucy mocked, and Ivan's face changed drastically.He glared at Lucy from the corner of his eyes, but Lucy just smiled. When she saw the anxious look on Ivan's face, she felt a sense of satisfaction, almost tasting the sweetness in her heart.Lucy raised her head higher and noticed Evelyn's slightly pale face. She fought back a laugh, her posture becoming more relaxed as she started devising a plan to worsen everything to her pleasure.Belle and the others turned to look at Lucy with gaping mouths. They never thought Lucy was the one who broke up with Ivan. They weren't even expecting to find out that they had dated.When they heard Lucy call Ivan a dog, they pursed their lips but couldn't retort. Ivan really behaved like a dog when they were still in high school.Alex and his friends snickered, their gazes on Ivan becoming

Ivan felt uncomfortable with the sticky gazes plastered on his body. He could feel Evelyn's anxious gaze on his face, causing him to break out into a cold sweat.Rejecting her outright would invite criticism from the people in the bar who had been paying attention to them. There might even be someone who knows about his situation, and Lucy might expose everything.Accepting Evelyn was an unacceptable idea. He could never say 'yes' to her. He was not in the right condition to, and he didn't have the same feelings towards her.He only saw her as a close friend and never had romantic feelings for her. He knew about her feelings, but he had been trying to avoid talking about it.Evelyn had always hinted at her feelings back in high school, but Ivan pretended not to notice. He had liked Lucy so much then, so he never paid much attention to Evelyn.One of the reasons Ivan hesitated to attend the class gathering was because of Evelyn. However, after thinking about it, he believed that Evelyn

"I did not lie. Ivan is a very despicable person. I was threatened to date him," Lucy dropped a bomb, and Ivan snapped his head towards her in astonishment.He was shocked and nearly stood up to berate her, but when he noticed all the stares on him, he remained seated but pointed at Lucy with a scowl."What the hell are you talking about? When did I threaten you? What nonsense are you spouting?" Ivan did not want to talk at first because he did not want to have any confrontation with Lucy, but he had to.If he kept quiet, he would really be labeled as a despicable person. He did not want another round of jest.Lucy was satisfied when she saw his reaction. She wanted to get him worked up so that they would think he was guilty of something."Lucy, don't talk rubbish. Why would Ivan threaten you? He is not someone like that," Evelyn abruptly said, her eyes bloodshot, but she still supported Ivan.Belle looked at Evelyn for a while before she also nodded her head."Evelyn is right. Althou

Ivan was right when he said that Lucy must have planned everything before coming. She had not initially planned on executing her plan, but when she noticed that they were all buttering him up instead of her, she decided to lay down her plan.She had not taken Ivan's requests to heart earlier as she already wanted to humiliate him in the cruelest way possible, especially in front of his friends. She believed it would be more painful that way.Lucy had not expected that there would be so many people interested in their matter, but she was not against it because it would make her plan work faster.She had cooked up a convincing story without any loopholes. She had prepared well to embarrass Ivan.She also made herself a victim to avoid ruining her reputation. She knew that Ivan would not be able to retort at that point because she had the right to decide what to do to him.Sure enough, Ivan could not say anything. He gritted his teeth and kept quiet, his head lowered, shoulders stiff, an

"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what I just said about him? He is good for nothing and would only drag you down. He would use you, turn you into an empty container before disposing of you. Are you not rational?"When Evelyn heard Lucy's words again, her conviction to support Ivan started to waver. She did not think Lucy would be so jobless as to cook up a story just to humiliate Ivan.Moreover, she had not seen or been in contact with Ivan for more than eight years. Different things could have happened, and as Lucy had said, Ivan might have done all those things Lucy accused him of.Also, from the moment Lucy started talking, Ivan never retorted or denied anything she said, no matter how extreme. He just kept his head lowered in silence, giving people the impression that he was guilty and unable to face them.Ivan, on the other hand, was experiencing complicated emotions. He felt angry, indignant, and disappointed. Having all these feelings at once strangely made him calm and expressio