"Hahaha, Rose, I know you will accept me! Now we're officially a couple, right?" He stood and walked to Rose while stretching out his hand, but he was stunned a second later.
"W-What!? What did you say earlier, Rose?" His voice raises.
"I can not accept your love, Dustin!"
"WHAT? HOW? Haven't you always liked me?" Dustin's smiling face instantly turned sour. He sat again in his chair, staring at Rose with a sharp gaze.
"Babe! Don't be joking around, ok! I know I took too long to return your love, so I apologize. But, please stop pranking me like this. We are now a couple, right, Rose?"
Rose was utterly speechless with this thick-faced Dustin.
"Dustin, have you ever heard the words; Human patience has a limit?"
Dustin narrowed his eyes, "Yes! So what?"
"My patience waiting for you and letting you walk all over me is over, Dustin!" Rose took a deep sigh before she continued her words, "I realized all this time I don't really like you. My crush on you is just a form of my foolishness. Yes, I'm too stupid to have a crush on you since high school till now…." Rose laughed, remembering how stupid she was to like someone who never genuinely liked her. Luckily she was given a second chance to come back to correct her silly mistakes.
"Rose! Are you serious about what you said?" He starts to agitate.
"Absolutely!" She stared him in the eyes. "The past few days, I've been thinking a lot…finally, I decided to stop liking you. And try to open my heart to someone who has really genuinely liked me. Someone who has great respect for me…." Rose's heart fluttered as Evan's handsome face flashed through her mind.
The first time she came back to this new life, she realized that she had been so blind to ignore Evan, who had really liked her. Since yesterday her heart started to feel foreign feelings every time she saw Evan's blue ocean eyes and heard his sincere words.
Dustin clenched his fists in exasperation.
What he feared turned out to be true. Rose changed. She stops like him and chooses another man.
He can't accept this.
He vows silently to use any means necessary to snatch Rose back into his arms. He can't allow Evan to take Rose from him!
"Babe… I know you're upset right now. But, please think clearly again. We have known each other since high school. I know very well that you like me so much. I'm sorry if I have never expressed my feelings for you all this time. But, hey… you know, right? I've never been close to any other woman except for you."
Rose couldn't help but stand up from her seat. She was tired of talking to Dustin. The longer she talked to him, the more annoyed her heart was remembering her past life.
"Dustin, I'm sorry. I don't want to remember what had happened between us in the past. What I said earlier was clear. I've stopped liking you, and now I like someone else..." Rose turned her body and walked to go straight to her house, but Dustin grabbed her hand tightly before she could walk away.
She was stunned and looked back to see him.
"What are you doing, Dustin?"
"Wait, Rose! We're not done talking yet."
"Dustin! Let go of my hand..." Rose immediately felt sick to the touch of this filthy man. Before she wanted to pull her hand, she suddenly felt someone take her other hand. Rose was stunned. In a hurry, she looked back, and she was shocked because Evan was standing right behind her. When her eyes met him, at that moment, she felt like there was a hurricane in her heart.
"Let go of her hand. Now!" Evan's cold voice took Rose by surprise. She saw Evan now staring sharply at Dustin. His face looked so calm, but she could feel how fast his heartbeat was.
"E-Evan…" Rose worried Evan would misunderstand her after seeing Evan hold her hand.
Evan ignores Rose. He sends his deadly warning to this stupid Dustin with his sharp dagger gaze. "Are you taking it off by yourself, or are you waiting for me to use violence on you?" Another stern voice left Dustin with no choice but to let go of Rose's hand.
"Who are you!?" Dustin felt annoyed. He could only deliberate and ask about Evan's identity. In fact, Dustin knows him so well; the man in front of him is Evan Collins, one person that no one can take lightly. He is the best student in their college, and rumor has said Evan is the son of a wealthy family from the capital. He can't mess with Evan. The consequences are maybe dire.
"Are you alright?" Evan ignores Dustin's question; instead, he gently pulls Rose into his embrace and asks her with great caring.
"Umm… I'm fine. I'm sorry you had to witness all of this. I hope…"
"Don't say anything. Just go inside…wait for me there." Evan said while stroking her hair gently.
Rose, who was still in Evan's arms, immediately panicked. She was worried that Evan would fight with Dustin. She didn't want Evan to get his hands dirty because of scumbag Dustin.
"Evan…What would you do?"
Evan smiled when he saw Rose's panicked eyes looking at him. "Don't worry, I just want to speak with him. If you want to hear, you can stay here…."
"I will stay here!" She can't let Evan fight with Dustin. After all, this is her fight. She had to settle with Dustin.
"Fine!" Evan said, then looked at Dustin with a sharp look as if he wanted to beat Dustin with his eyes. "Do you want to know who I am?" Evan smirks before continuing his words,
"I'm Rose's future husband. And who are you?" Evan's words made Dustin almost fall from the shock.
"What!? They are engaged? How could it be?" Dustin speaks in his mind. He couldn't believe all of this.