Rowan Golden frowned unhappily: "Enough already, don’t lose face in public."
"Me, losing face? What, seeing Jane Quinlan made you regret it? If you’re regretting it now, since we’re not married yet, then dump me and go chase after her."
Jane Quinlan immediately stood up: "Hold on, you lovebirds can fight all you want, but leave me out of it."
"Savannah, we all know what happened back in the day.
So, there’s absolutely no need for you to say these things in front of me."
"What’s wrong with me saying these things? Do you think you’re some saint? Cut the act.
You think I don’t know? Back when Rowan Golden chased you, you were flirting with him every day.
If you hadn’t hinted to Rowan, would his heart have been swayed by you?"
"Savannah Golden, that’s enough," Rowan Golden shouted angrily; the whole café was watching the spectacle since the volume here had exceeded normal levels.
Jane Quinlan smirked softly, was this getting shot while lying down?
"See, you’re yelling at me."
Jane Quinlan scratched her forehead: "Well... sorry, I’ve got something else to attend to, I’ll head off first."
"Stop right there," Savannah Golden called out to her: "Come on, Rowan, let’s clear things up with Jane here.
Jane, I did seek you out before the college entrance exams, but Rowan said I drove you away. Tell me, did I ever force you?"
Jane Quinlan laughed: "Wasn’t there? You know better than I do what you intended by saying those things before the exams.
You’ve always known what you couldn’t bear to accept.
I outperformed you in the college entrance exams because I worked hard; you really don’t need to keep pinning these things on me."
Rowan Golden glared at Savannah Golden: "Do you want to make a scene, is that it?"
"What am I causing? I just want an answer; who is it that you truly love, who do you want today – me or her?"
Jane Quinlan took a deep breath, her patience wearing thin.
Just as Rowan Golden was about to say something, a deep male voice came from the side.
"There’s a limit to making a fuss. There’s no need to involve my girlfriend in your fight and make her suffer, right?"
Jane Quinlan turned her head to look, and he was there too.
Kay Forrest gave Jane a devilish smile, stepping forward and wrapping an arm around her waist: "Why didn’t you tell me when you left, I only heard from mom that you went to meet a classmate."
"Oh..." Jane’s face instantly flushed red because she remembered the incident where she was seen completely.
But now didn’t seem like the time for that.
"I thought you were still asleep."
Kay Forrest lifted her chin with his hand: "You, on the other hand, are quite spirited; seems like later I’ll have to torment you a bit more."
The young couple across had stopped fighting and were now watching these two flaunt their love.
And crucially, Jane, who was on the receiving end of this show of affection, initially didn’t grasp Kay’s meaning.
It was only after he chuckled mischievously that she immediately got the message.
She shyly pinched his arm: "Can you not talk about this kind of thing in public?"
"What’s there to be afraid of? They’re about to get married; surely they understand these things."
As Kay spoke, he looked at Savannah Golden: "Oh right, you two sort out your own issues.
Stop dragging my Jane into it to cushion your problems.
She might be good-tempered, but that doesn’t mean I am.
Let’s just let this incident slide, but there better not be a next time.
Otherwise, making you lose your jobs is a matter of minutes."
Having said that, he walked out with Jane still in his arms.
Jane followed suit, and after a moment, she remembered that she left her phone on the table.
She turned back to fetch her phone, and seeing Rowan and Savannah still dumbfounded, she smiled at them before looking towards Rowan: "Honestly, after all these years, I think it’s pretty lame for us to behave .
Whatever your reasons were for pranking me back then, I’ve forgiven you.
Because it’s never been my life that you’ve influenced, but your own.
In the future, you don’t need to feel sorry for me, because my future has never been altered because of you.
And Savannah, thank you for telling me the truth back then, sparing me the trouble of rejecting Rowan after graduation.
You two are actually a good match. You must get married, you must be happy."
Having said that, Jane quickly advanced, grabbed Kay’s hand, and left the coffee shop with him.
She felt incredibly triumphant inside; she gave herself full marks for the brilliant act she just pulled off.
After leaving the café, she foolishly reminisced about her high-score performance, V587. Then, as she followed Kay into the alley, she suddenly realized she was still holding his hand.