Female Novel
Chapter 624 Friend Reunion
Chapter 624 Friend Reunion
Lily was utterly stunned.
Her face was pale.
She couldn't believe what he had just said.
He referred to her as his wife.
"Are you...?"
She pointed her finger at them in disbelief.
She saw Max holding Laura's hand. He raised his hand and showed their clasping fingers.
He smiled and said, "We're married. Will you give up now?"
Lily's body trembled, and she almost fell down the next second!
Fortunately, her girlfriends reacted in time and held her so that she didn't embarrass herself.
Lily was so upset that her face flushed. Her eyes turned red, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You're married? I don't believe it. That's not true!"
Max replied expressionlessly, "We don't care if you believe it or not. We're not obligated to explain
anything to you. We told you because we want you to stay away from us. We're all decent people; I
hope you can control yourself and leave us alone."
After that, he ignored her and left, holding Laura's hand.
His cold words were like a knife stabbing into Lily's heart.
She turned her head and looked at them, and then she clenched her fists tightly.
Laura and Max.
They hurt her deeply.
This was not over!
...
After Max and Laura left, they bought rings in another shop.
Their rings were of simple style, and Max didn't like them that much because he thought they were way
too plain, but Laura loved them.
She crossed her arms and said with a lovely tone, "I'm not going to wear it all the time. It's useless to
buy those expensive ones. We should choose one that I can wear on normal days, and I'll wear it on
other fingers so that people won't notice, right?"
Max sighed helplessly upon hearing that.
He tapped Laura's nose and said, "OK, whatever you're saying!"
Laura smiled. They stayed in the mall till six in the afternoon when they were both hungry. Then they
remembered that they had a plan for dinner with Archie.
So they all agreed to show up at Peaceful Hut at 6. 30.
Laura recalled what Lily had just done in the mall on their way to the restaurant.
She was a bit worried.
She shook Max's hand and asked, "Will she leave us alone?"novelbin
Max rubbed his forehead in annoyance.
"That's not up to us, but you shouldn't worry about it. I'll protect you and never let her hurt you."
However, Laura snorted and ditched his hand away.
"I don't need you to protect me! I can protect myself. That will be safer."
Max frowned when he heard that.
He felt that something was wrong.
He turned over and looked at Laura, then he asked, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Laura raised her eyebrows. Her tone sounded playful.
"Isn't that so? She was your ex, and you've protected her when your gossips were all over the tabloids.
Now you're cutting her off right after you broke up; I am afraid I'll end up just like her."
Max paused and almost laughed out in anger.
"Isn't it a bit too late for you to feel jealous now?"
He was right; it did have taken her a while to realize what had happened.
She felt less confident. Then her face flushed, and she snorted in dissatisfaction.
"I'm not jealous; I'm just stating the fact."
Max looked at her pretty face in anger. He fell in silence for a while and then sighed.
He reached out to hold Laura's hand.
She was mad at him now; she wouldn't let him hold it.
She immediately drew back her hand.
Max grinned a bitter smile at that.
He explained, "Laura, what if I tell you that there was nothing between her and me? Will you trust me?"
Laura was taken aback and looked at him unexpectedly.
He rubbed his forehead and pondered for a minute, then he answered, "I did play the field back then,
and I'm not going to deny it, but I had a bottom line. I did all the crazy things I wanted to, but I've never
crossed the line."
"You know, in our friend circles, women always throw themselves on me because of my money and
family. I haven't met you at that time, and as flawed as Lily's personality was, there's one thing good
about her."
"She was a fierce woman who gets jealous easily. She kept forcing herself on me, and I rejected her
twice. Then I found that people stayed away from me when they saw her with me. Maybe they thought
she was my girlfriend and they were afraid of her."
"I couldn't care less, and I thought I would just let her. So when she told the public that we were in a
relationship, I didn't bother to deny it."
"However, there was nothing between us. I asked her to be my plus-one at parties, taking her as a
shield, and that was it. I've never loved her."
Laura listened to him. To be honest, she wasn't surprised at all.
After all, she had known Max for a long time.
She didn't have to pry to know how playful and promiscuous Max was; his rumors just came to her.
Now he was telling her that he and Lily had nothing to do with each other.
She frowned and asked suspiciously, "Really?"
"As real as our golden rings."
Max raised his fingers and said, "I swear to God, you've got to believe me."
Laura didn't want to see other people swearing. She quickly stopped him upon hearing those words.
Then she curled her lips reluctantly and said, "I believe you; why are you making a fuss? That doesn't
work for me."
Max smiled when he saw this.
He reached out and held her hand. Laura didn't avoid him this time.
Max said in a severe and soft voice, "It's not just her... almost all the rumors were made-up. I'm not the
one to blame. I didn't care at all and I had no time for this. So I let them.
Don't worry. I didn't explain it to the public because I had no one to care about. It's different now. I've
got you. I'll never let that happen again. Trust me."
Laura turned her eyes to look at him. His tone sounded sincere, and his gaze looked very earnest.
She felt moved.
She knew that the man might seem playful on the outside, but inside, he was a faithful man.
She nodded and said, "OK, I trust you."
Max then smiled happily.
Soon they arrived at the Peaceful Hut.
Louis and Selena were already there.