Chapter 6

Upon hearing that, Wanda glared at her friend before taking Millie's hand with enthusiasm. "Ms. Jordan, you must be here to give me your blessing, right? I knew you weren't a petty woman. I would rather receive your blessing than the blessings of hundreds of others. Only your blessing will make me happy."

Wanda's eyes sparkled innocently.

What a fake bitch!

Millie snapped, "Don't put words into my mouth. I'm here for lunch. I had no idea Stefan would be here."

She was about to leave, but Wanda grabbed her arm and wouldn't let go. Wanda even shed a few tears in sadness. She lamented, "You still refuse to forgive me, right? I know I wronged you, and I'm willing to do anything to make it up to you. How about I go down on my knees?"

Before Millie could speak, Wanda shakily went on her knees while sobbing, which attracted the attention of customers at the restroom.

Infuriated, Wanda's friends went up to help her up from the ground.

One of them yelped, "Why did you get down on your knees? You did nothing wrong. She was the mistress! She took your place and enjoyed what should have been yours for three years. How could you be manipulated by her?"

"Yeah. I'll call Mr. Leach here to speak up for you."

One of the ladies ran away in a hurry. Soon, Stefan showed up at the scene. Without so much as taking a look at Millie, he quickly pulled Wanda into his arms and wiped her tears away with a crushed expression.

He asked, "I heard from your friends that Millie was giving you trouble and forced you to kneel before her. Why are you so nice? She doesn't have the right to make you kneel."

Then, he shot a furious look at Millie. Wanda could not speak clearly between her sobs, which only fueled his anger toward Millie.

Millie watched the debacle impassively. It wasn't her fault that Wanda wanted to kneel before her.

She tried to leave, but Wanda deliberately held her back. All Wanda wanted was to stir up drama.

Millie scanned the crowds but could not see Pierce anywhere. She wondered where he went.

"Mr. Leach, she followed you around. When she heard you were proposing tonight, she came here to ruin it."

"Millie Jordan, are you done or not?"

Millie checked out the back of Stefan's head. There seemed to be a patch that could not be seen from the front. He probably just suffered from a surface injury. Although he bled a lot, he did not suffer a deep tissue injury.

She assumed that Stefan was too busy with Wanda to give her any trouble. She explained, "I had no idea you're dining here, not to mention the proposal. Wanda went on her knees willingly. I never told her to do that.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back to my lunch."

When she walked past Stefan, he grabbed her hand. "How dare you lie? I want you to apologize to Wanda and never show up in front of her again."

Speechless, she argued, "Why should I apologize to her?"

"Apologize to her. You took her place and enjoyed what should have been hers for three years!"

Millie's breathing grew uneven. She felt like someone had stabbed her in her heart when she heard his words.

She did not date him intentionally. He was the one who lied to her. She wasted three years on him like a fool.

Did he not have a conscience? Of course not. He and Wanda were heartless and complicit.

"I did nothing wrong! Let go of me! I'm here to have lunch!"

"You need to apologize!"

She struggled with all her might, but Stefan grabbed her wrist so tightly that red marks started forming on her skin. He grasped her wrist as though he was trying to crush it.

In support of Stefan's attack, Wanda's friends helped pin down Millie and forced her to apologize.

"Ste, don't do this. She made things difficult for me because she loves you too much."

"Wanda, you're too kind. Why would you speak up for your bully?"

Stefan and Wanda shared a tender gaze. In the meantime, Millie started biting the people around her, scaring Wanda's friends into releasing her. With her free hand, she slapped Stefan and Wanda, who happened to be standing next to each other. The sound echoed through the space.

Wanda cried loudly after she was slapped.

Anger brewed in Stefan's eyes. Like a provoked beast, he lifted his arm to return the slap. Judging from his strength, he might hurt Millie badly with that one slap.

Millie had nowhere to run to. She was trapped in his grip.

Closing her eyes, she braced herself for the pain, only to hear Stefan barking angrily, "Pierce, what are you doing?"

She opened her eyes in fear. Pierce had grabbed Stefan's hand before pinning it against Stefan's back. Stefan finally let go of Millie's wrist due to the pain.

Pierce's subtle moves were not lost on Millie during the altercation. She noticed that he had held her and shielded her behind him.

Her thumping heart finally calmed down.

"You're really something, aren't you? I'm surprised you'd beat up a woman."

The passersby immediately cast judgmental looks at Stefan after hearing Pierce's remark. After all, it was very unbecoming of a man to hurt a woman.

"Pierce, whose side are you on? Didn't you see how she bullied Wanda? Let go of me, or I'll be really mad at you."

Pierce finally released Stefan. He clarified, "I checked the security footage. Wanda and her friends started it all."

"I thought Millie was here to give us her blessing, but little did I know she followed Ste to the restaurant because she wasn't over him yet," Wanda retorted with a made-up story that sounded plausible.

"Do you have evidence?" Millie said icily. "A restaurant is a public space open to all. I'm here with my new boyfriend."

As she did not explicitly name Pierce or act intimately around him, he looked like nothing more but a random good Samaritan for the time being. Honestly speaking, she wasn't sure if Pierce would risk a fallout with Stefan for her sake.

"What a joke! You should learn how to lie better. Did you really get yourself a new boyfriend right after Mr. Leach dumped you?" One of Wanda's friends jeered, and the others cackled disdainfully in unison.

Only Stefan put on a serious face. He asked, "Who's your new boyfriend?"

He believed in Millie's words because he'd witnessed her craziness; there was nothing that woman wouldn't do after she gave herself to her abductor.

Millie instinctively stopped Pierce when she realized he was about to take a step forward. Frowning, he turned around and gave her a puzzled look.

Wouldn't she want him to stand up for her?

Was she worried about upsetting Stefan?

The thought made him upset, and the light in his eyes dimmed. He stood there without a word.

On the other hand, Millie did not think much of Pierce's reaction. She'd long given up on that bastard Stefan. All she wanted was to play a game with him and hide the fact she married Stefan's good friend for now.

She wanted to keep Stefan guessing, and she bet he'd look into her boyfriend's identity with obsession.

He'd be so tortured when he couldn't get any information on her boyfriend, at the same time beset by doubts.

"Anyway, my new man is hotter and taller than you. He has the Golden Ratio, and he sports an eight-pack. Most importantly, he's better in bed than you."

"Millie!" Stefan seemed angered and concerned because people started giving him funny looks. Only he alone knew that he had never slept with Millie.

No one could believe that Millie, who had spent countless days by his side, remained a virgin.

Wanda bit her lower lip. "D-Did you sleep with her?"

"I didn't. Wanda, trust me…"

While sobbing, Wanda ran away looking heartbroken, and so the fight ended as a farce.

The crowds gradually dispersed.

The smile returned to Millie's face after she won this round against Stefan and Wanda. At that moment, she heard Pierce asking, "How do you know I'm great in bed?"