Kevin and the gang never liked me.

I still remembered the first thing Kevin said when Julian and I started dating.

"To say you have bad taste is an understatement man. How can she compare to Yvon?"

During dinner afterwards, the mocking words were piling up.

"You do look like the typical pick me."

"Your dress is so similar to Yvon's. Trying to learn from the best huh?"

"I'm just not good with words. Don't take it to heart."

Julian glared at him several times, but he pretended not to see it.

Finally, Julian's face darkened, and he pulled Kevin out of the room.

He warned in a low voice, "Watch your words, she's my girlfriend!"

I could hear Kevin's casual tone from inside.

"Your girlfriend? That woman? Only Yvon's your true match."

I tried hard to please his friends.

But in return they just turned more dismissive of me.

I once heard them talking behind Julian's back.

"She is just a gold digger. How could Julian like her?"

"Who knows what trick she pulled to break them apart."

"I don't care, Yvon's my only candidate for Mrs. Adler!"

Julian came out from the shower mid-call.

His face immediately fell.

Pulling the phone from my hand, he gnashed his teeth.

"Kevin I'm warning you! Lose your manners again, and we're through!"

Kevin's angry voice came from the phone.

"Julian! She's not worth it! I'll watch my manners with Yvon! I watched the livestream, I saw your boxers!"

Julian frowned and keenly noticed his cell phone next to me.

He took the hint from my expression, took me into his arms and chuckled.

After hanging up the phone, Julian entered the password in front of me.

[1214]

It was our anniversary.

Then he showed me the texts Yvon and he shared.

Guy seemed to have nothing to hide.

There was a lot of white space, with his replies few and far in between.

[Julian, check out this beautiful cloud!]

[Oh my god, our leader is the worst!]

[I'm going live at 8 o'clock tonight, come watch! Or I'll ignore you from now!]

[...]

[You have no idea how embarrassing it was just now! You were fixing the shower at my house and got wet, god knows how your briefs got on the sofa after you changed. My fans all saw it. Ah what am I to do?]

Julian never replied to her.

Seeing my expression loosening, he ruffled my hair in amusement.

"Saw that? Her mom asked me to help fix her shower. I accidentally left it at her house. Don't trust your boyfriend?"

While he was speaking, Yvon sent another message.

[Do you think daily chat is too much?]

Julian looked hesitant, then, in front of me, replied with a few periods.

She was quick to reply.

[Remember what I told you when we first started dating? That if you didn't text me every day, I'd think you didn't like me?]

Julian handed me the phone.

"Wifey, reply to that. Claim your sovereignty!"

I threw the phone onto the bed, not wanting to waste time on such child's play.

Then I headed to the bathroom.

That was when I saw the reflection in the mirror.

Julian hurriedly picked up the phone from the bed to text a reply.

[I'll text you every day then.]

That was close.

I almost believed him.

The next morning, Julian said there was an urgent matter at work so he would not have breakfast with me.

But on Yvon's short video platform, there were photos of her outing with him.

Julian tilted his head slightly towards her, smiling affectionately.

Then I got an unexpected distress call from Kevin.

"Bianca, something bad happened to Julian. I'll send you the address, come over now!"

I stopped packing and hesitated, "I..."

Kevin yelled into the microphone.

"Come quickly, Julian is unconscious and keeps calling for you! He won't get in the ambulance till you come!"

When I arrived, there was no one around.

The sun was scorching and I was already sweating a little.

"Hahaha! What did I tell you? That the pick me will definitely come! Come on, pay up!"

Not far away, Kevin and the others were standing under the shade of a tree, pointing at me and laughing.

The others were reluctantly taking money out of their trouser pockets.

"You are out of your mind, girl! Didn't Kevin ask you to watch the livestream? And yet here you are. I never met a side chick with thicker skin!"

"God, doesn't this woman have any self-respect?"

I understood what was going on.

I turned around to leave, but was stopped by Kevin.

He pointed in a direction.

Over there, Yvon was stretching out her right hand, her head tilted towards Julian.

"Which one of us has bigger hands do you think?"

Julian raised his eyebrows, then stretched out his hand too.

Just as their hands touched, he grabbed her and pulled her into his arms.

Yvon nestled in his arms shyly.

Julian stared at Yvon's shy face and smiled heartily.

I stood there in a daze for god knew how long.

Afterwards, Yvon walked towards them.

The guys cheerfully made a circle around her.

"How did it go? We were great matchmakers yes? Didn't disturb you guys did we?"

Yvon hit the guy with her fist.

"Well done! Dinner's on me when I get him!"

"Come on, come on, drain your pocket. We're in your livestream every day to give likes. We're doing free hard labor!"

"You are indispensable! Where's Kevin? Why's the big guy not here to greet me?"