Dustin never expected to run into Dahlia there. Worse, she was accompanie
d by another man, and it seemed like those two were on a date.
It irked him for some reason. He had just been captured by the military,
his life in danger, but here Dahlia was, carefree and relaxed, as she wen
t on a date with another man. It was clear that Dahlia didn't give a damn
about him, and it made him feel like a fool.
"Do you know that lady?" Adam quickly caught onto the
change in mood and asked.
"Yeah. She's my ex–wife." Dustin answered bluntly.
"Your ex–
wife?" Adam's lips twitched. "Why don't we go somewhere else?"
No one would be happy to see their ex–
wife happily chatting away with another man,
"Forget it. I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I be afraid?" Dusti
n lifted his glass to his lips and swallowed a mouthful of wine resentful
ly.
Just then, Dahlia and Luis arrived on the second floor, and the woman imm
ediately spotted the two men. Dustin? What are you doing here?" she excla
imed excitedly.
"Why can't I be here?" Dustin asked coldly.
"When did you get free? Why didn't you tell me? Dahlia dashed toward him
and asked joyfully.
"Does it matter if I tell you?" Dustin glanced at her stoically, stunning
Dahlia with his attitude.
"What's wrong? Did you get hurt? Should we go to the hospital?"
"I'm fine, Ms. Nicholson. Thank you for asking. You should focus on your
date with your boyfriend instead of me," Dustin answered.
"Boyfriend?" Dahlia looked at the man standing next to
her and quickly explained. "You're getting it wrong. Dustin. We're just f
riends."
"It's unnecessary for you to explain yourself." Dustin's attitude was har
sh.
Just friends? Did she think that he was a kid? Since when did normal frie
nds of opposite genders arrive together in the same car for dinner?
"I'm telling you, you're misunderstanding things, Dustin." Dahlia gesture
d to the other man. "Let me introduce you
to Mr. Luis Langford. He's from Stonia, and he has a good relationship wi
th the military. You got out so quickly thanks to him."
"Is this the friend you were talking about, Dahlia? He's fortunate to hav
e someone like you helping him." Luis suddenly spoke. Although the man wa
s wearing a smile, the look he was giving Dustin was full of contempt.
"I don't know who Mr. Langford is, nor do I care. He has nothing to do wi
th me getting free anyway." Dustin responded bluntly.
"Ha, aren't you being too cocky?" Luis sniggered, "Do you really think yo
u'd be here right now if I hadn't made a
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call to the Balerno Military?"
"I have no idea what you did, but don't think too highly of yourself. I d
on't need your help." Dustin retorted coolly.
"Dustin! How could you talk to him like this? Shouldn't you be polite to
the person who helped you?" Dahlia frowned. She knew that Dustin reacted
that way because he was jealous, but he still shouldn't offend Luis, who
held a much higher status than him.
"When did I ever ask him for help? You guys did this willingly." Dustin c
ouldn't care less.
"You-" Dahlia stomped her foot angrily and forced
herself to take a deep breath to calm herself. "Stop making. a fuss, Dust
in."
"What did I do? Was I interrupting your date? If that's the case, I'll le
ave you two alone right now." Dustin got up to leave right away.
"Wait!" Dahlia instantly grabbed
his arm. "What on earth is going through your mind? I told you that we're
just friends. Why won't you believe me?"