'Isn't this guy on the plane?'Did he jump off the plane and come down with a parachute?'Did he read my message? Is he going to recognize me?'Vermont then interrupted Stella's thoughts and said, "Why did you come alone? Where's your wife?"Keegan paused and corrected him. "I'm single."He was probably afraid that other people would start introducing girls to him like what Marshall had to go through because he then added, "Still trying to win her heart."Stella kept quiet.'He kept his promise by not announcing our relationship to others.'However, what he said was not any different from blatantly admitting it.Everyone at the table had the "I knew it" looks on their faces.Vermont wanted to make fun of him. But, he thought about it and figured that Keegan would always say that they were just having a small fight between lovers before he got back together with Stella to prove that he was in a relationship with her.Today, however, he claimed that he was single, and there wa
"Marshall, tell us about it."Vermont rested his chin on one hand and asked curiously, "How did you meet Miss Thompson?"His question caught the attention of everyone else as they looked over unanimously.Marshall was the one who had been single for the longest time among them. It was just surprising that he suddenly brought a female partner to attend his friend's wedding.Marshall paused and looked at Stella.They had not made up an answer to this question.Stella looked very calm as she took a sip of her juice before she said, "Through a dating app.""Pfft—" Felicity almost spat out the water in her mouth.She gazed at the woman sitting opposite her. 'The way she talks so quirkily sounds exactly like Stella.'When somebody asked her how she met her husband at the previous class reunion she attended, she would always say with a straight face, "On a dating website."Vermont then noticed something."Miss Thompson, aren't you working at Xenus High School? It's pretty far away
Duncan chuckled, "No one specific. She just looks familiar."The bride whispered, "Thank goodness I stopped you from mentioning it to Yara. Imagine how awkward that would've been?"Duncan grinned, "You're so smart, dear."The bride playfully hit him, and Duncan stopped teasing. He mingled with the guests for a bit before moving on.Later, someone approached Marshall and whispered something to him. Marshall turned to Stella, "They need my help. I'll be back soon."Stella nodded and touched her face confusedly.She wondered if the reason why so many people looked at her strangely was due to the makeup on her face.Despite this, she continued to tease Keegan.Once the toasts were done, everyone dug into the meal. Keegan, having been on the road all day, was famished. He stayed quiet, focused on his food rather than joining the table's chatter.As he reached for a spare rib, another fork moved toward the same piece. Keegan frowned.Meanwhile, Stella acted surprised. "Oh, sorry."
Stella stayed silent.Carter's cheeks strained from holding back laughter.He glanced at Lena, as if to say, "See, I told you he wouldn't recognize her."Lena took a sip of her tea and whispered, "Keegan is nearsighted. The lighting is dim, and he's far from her. That's probably why he can't see her clearly."Then, she added, "Stella disguised herself well too."Stella was so good at changing the way she spoke that it was simply difficult for a normal person to tell that it was actually her.In truth, Lena was correct. Keegan's nearsightedness made it difficult for him to see clearly.He hadn't paid much attention to Stella's appearance. To him, she appeared as a woman with heavily defined features, vaguely familiar. His main concern was Marshall's memory, and he didn't feel like focusing on Stella's face.Stella was irritated. Despite the time that had passed, Keegan still couldn't recognize her.Stella, who had been playful moments before, now felt her anger rising.'He cla
Keegan scrunched his face and finally took a closer look at Stella's face.She had applied heavy makeup, with eyeliner extending from the corners of her eyes, highlighting on her nose bridge to accentuate her cheekbones, and a thicker layer of foundation on her jawline, particularly... the mole on her earlobe! It was in the exact same spot as Stella's mole.There was a cunning glint in Stella's eyes, hinting at her plans to toy with him.Keegan eyed her suspiciously. "How long have you known Marshall?"Unaware that her disguise was revealed, Stella replied, "About a month or two.""Hmph," Keegan scoffed.Stella felt a chill. 'Why does it seem like he's mocking me?'Keegan's sneer deepened, knowing Marshall had claimed they'd only been dating for a short time.Even Stella's fabricated lie irked him now.But he quickly masked his expression, adopting a neutral face as Stella glanced at him.Raising an eyebrow, he remarked, "One to two months... Doesn't seem like a deep love if
Stella smacked the back of his hand and glared at him. "I texted you on WhatsApp. Didn't you check your phone?""You asked me to take a good rest, right?"Stella paused. "I sent you a few messages. I told you I needed to do a favor for Marshall, and I was going to see you after your rest."Keegan frowned. "I only saw the message about resting."The other messages might have been deleted or delayed because his phone was off.Stella then explained the situation. "He said others were setting him up with girls, and he felt bad rejecting them. So, he lied about having a girlfriend."But Duncan asked him to bring his 'girlfriend' to his wedding. Unable to find a date, he came to me for help."Worried you'd misunderstand, I called you. But your phone was off."'Can't find a girl?' Keegan scoffed inwardly. "Do you have no principles? You're a married woman. How could you do a favor like this?""You're just my boyfriend on probation." Stella corrected. She paused before adding, "Marsha
Keegan pretended that he did not hear Stella's question as he turned around and said, "Let's get out of here."However, Stella went after him. "Say it again."Keegan acted like he did not hear anything again.Stella held his arm, and she just would not give up. "Would you say it again, please?"Keegan would rarely say anything cheesy, especially those cheesy nicknames between couples.For example, he would only call Stella by her name and never once as "wife", let alone "baby" or "darling".So, Stella was very surprised to hear him calling her that as that was something she had never heard before.When she saw male online celebrities calling their viewers "babies" in a cute voice while browsing short videos on the internet, she would get goosebumps. It was just not her thing.However, she did not feel like that at all when Keegan did the same thing. It even made her feel a little flustered.Her heart even melted because Keegan said that unintentionally.That was when she real
Keegan took a peek from above Stella's head.Vermont held and kissed the person who was almost a head shorter than him for some time before finally letting go of her.Felicity's face was extremely red. She raised her hand up and slapped Vermont.Stella knew Felicity very well, and she could tell that Felicity did not use her full strength in that slap. Otherwise, Vermont would be screaming in pain if the slap did not make him bleed.Vermont turned his face sideways and pressed his tongue against his cheek that Felicity slapped. He looked at Felicity and said mischievously, "I've touched your lips too. Are you going to rip it off as well?"Felicity wiped her lips with her elbow and scolded Vermont with red eyes. "You scum! I treated you like my brother, yet to you, I'm a toy that you can play with just whenever you want?""Brother?" Vermont chuckled. "You kept avoiding me like I'm a ghost. Is this how you treat your brother? You asked for my help, but you don't even want to see me