Women were peculiar creatures. If they did not see their friends for three days, it felt like they had not seen them for three years. After Lucy and Chelsea were done gossiping about their boyfriends, they got closer again. Hand-in-hand, they went to get a facial together.On the way there, Lucy got a little curious. “Chelsea, tell me the truth. As someone who has been single since birth, how did you find yourself a boyfriend so soon? Don’t tell me you found him on the streets.”Chelsea rolled her eyes at her. “You’re the one who found your husband on the streets.”Lucy was embarrassed. She did indeed pick her husband up on the streets. She was just lucky enough to have picked up a diamond.“How did you meet your boyfriend, then?”Chelsea sighed. “We were college classmates. You don’t know him because you went abroad.“He has been pursuing me for a long time, but I never accepted him.”Lucy looked at Chelsea in shock. “No way. What were you thinking, turning down a man like him?
Once they entered the restaurant, Lucy took the menu and ordered, “A ribeye steak, please. And remove the peas and broccoli.”Lucy skillfully made a special request to remove all the things she did not want.Chelsea looked at her resignedly. She knew that Lucy would do this as soon as they came in.While Lucy went to the restroom after ordering, Chelsea called the waiter back and said, “Please choose a leaner cut and add all the vegetables the lady requested to be removed earlier.”It was the waiter’s first time encountering such demanding customers, but he maintained tip-top service and nodded. “Yes, Ma’am.”Chelsea looked around and saw that Lucy had not returned yet, so she told the waiter, “Can we switch to a more remote table? Somewhere away from others so that the lady won’t notice that her plate looks different. Otherwise, she’s going to kick up a fuss.”The waiter suppressed a smile when he realized that Chelsea was looking after the other customer, so he quickly led her
Lucy froze. Did she not ask to remove the vegetables just now?Why were these vegetables on the table? She stared blankly at the dishes in front of her, and every single one of them had despicable green stuff on them.Lucy swallowed the vegetables in her mouth and said to Chelsea, “Chelsea, these dishes…”Chelsea slowly added more vegetables to her plate. “I asked the waiter to serve them again because I knew that you were only going to eat the meat.”Lucy stuffed the vegetables in her mouth and pouted. “Why did you ask the waiter to serve them when you know that I won’t eat them?”Chelsea sighed resignedly. “Being picky about food isn’t good for your health. You should watch your diet. Go for leaner cuts next time.”Her words made Lucy feel guilty for eating foods she was not supposed to eat, though Chelsea was unaware.Chelsea would not be angry if she ate such foods once in a while, right?She shot a careful glance at Chelsea.Chelsea sensed Lucy's gaze. They had been frien
Chelsea pulled Lucy to the counter to pay the bill and stomped out of the restaurant.The waiter got worried. Was their service so bad that the customers were angry? Then, he remembered that he had done everything according to their request. He concluded that it was probably something else.Not knowing what the waiter behind her was thinking, Chelsea felt like she was about to explode with anger. She went to a secluded place and asked Lucy to sit down while she glared at her.“Lucy, you have some guts for hiding your medical condition from me and having such greasy foods. What makes you think you can eat steak?”Lucy knew that it was her fault. She shrunk back and stared at Chelsea with innocent, doe-like eyes so that she would go easy on her. “I was just craving it so badly. Besides, the doctor said that having it once in a while is fine.”Chelsea poked Lucy’s forehead with her finger. “Yeah, right. All you care about is food. You don’t even care about your health. Indulging in
”That’s all, Chelsea. That’s all that I’m hiding from you, so stop asking.”Lucy tugged at Chelsea’s arm and pouted.Chelsea shot her a look and sighed. “Fine, I won’t ask anymore. I’m not interested in hearing about your lovey-dovey daily life with your husband either.”Lucy smiled at Chelsea. “If you don’t want to hear it, I won’t talk about it. But I want to hear about your lovey-dovey life with your boyfriend.“Quick, you haven’t answered my questions about your boyfriend yet.”Chelsea looked at her speechlessly. “You’re so nosy. Do I have to tell you?”Lucy looked at her with puppy eyes. “Last time, you interrogated Matthew to find out about his background. Why can’t I ask you this? Tell me, tell me!"She kept acting childishly.Sighing, Chelsea pressed Lucy down. “Stop it.”Lucy followed her orders and stopped acting childishly.“I’ll tell you.”Chelsea started reminiscing. “He and I met in high school.”Lucy was shocked. “I was in the same high school as you. Why don
After deciding on a time and place to meet up with Matthew, Lucy hung up the phone.Chelsea waited for her to hang up before saying, “What? Is your husband worried? Does he want you to go back early?”Lucy looked like she was in despair. “I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to spend with Matthew. I finally had a day off today, so he really wanted to go on a date with me. "Since I had already agreed to meet up with you, I had no choice but to promise him that we'd watch a movie tonight. I didn’t think…”Lucy looked up at the darkening sky.“You didn’t think that it was getting so late because you got carried away and forgot.”Chelsea finished her sentence for her, and Lucy nodded sadly. “He’s going to drive me crazy now.”Just then, Chelsea’s phone rang too.Lucy looked at Chelsea devilishly. “Chelsea, you'd better pick up. It might be your boyfriend calling.”Chelsea took out her phone disapprovingly. “No way… Don't jinx it.”As soon as she saw who called, Chels
Matthew quickly walked up to Lucy and held out his watch without any expression on his face. “My dear Lulu, do you know what time it is?”Lucy glanced at his watch subconsciously and said, “It’s 7:30 pm.”Then, Lucy realized that he was trying to settle the score with her. She smiled ingratiatingly while going up to pat him on the shoulder. “Don’t be mad, Matt. It’s just that I haven’t been out with Chelsea in a long time, so I accidentally forgot. I swear I won’t do it again next time.”Next time? Matthew glanced at Lucy with a sense of resignation. Was his wife’s promises even worth anything? It seemed like this was the second time she had broken her promise.“Why do I find your promises so unreliable?” Matthew said frankly.Meanwhile, Chelsea, who was drinking coffee, rolled her eyes at him. Only Matthew, this henpecked husband, would believe Lucy’s promises.As Lucy’s best friend of over ten years, she had long known that nothing Lucy said was reliable.Lucy was good at pers
Hugh did not notice Matthew at first, not until Matthew looked up.Huh? Why was the president of Leon Corporation here?Suddenly, something hit him, and he smiled calmly while raising his right hand.“Hello, I’m Hugh Lincoln, Chelsea’s boyfriend.”Matthew understood that he did not want his identity to be exposed, so he played along.He shook hands with Hugh in a friendly manner. “Hello, I’m Matthew Leon, Lucy’s husband.”There was a hint of amusement in Hugh’s eyes. Apparently, the rumors about Leon Corporation’s CEO’s marriage were true.Chelsea and Lucy were taken aback by their interaction.Were they not at odds with each other earlier? Why did they seem as close as two peas in a pod? Men’s friendships were truly perplexing.After shaking hands, Matthew quickly let go.Hugh did not pay much attention to it. He put his hand into his pocket and said, “Thank you for staying with Chelsea, Mr. Leon. Since you’re done here, I’ll be taking her home now.”Hugh spoke casually. Ma