“Try it... if you’re not afraid of becoming impotent!” Renee gritted her teeth and prepared to strike him where he was weak.
“Do you think I’m afraid of that?” Stefan, on the other hand, wasn’t scared of her threats at all. He was calm, his eyes fixed on
her crimson lips as he prepared to kiss her.
“Don’t!” She closed her eyes, and rejection was written all over her face.
The kiss she was expecting never came, and she slowly opened her eyes to find Stefan looking at her in disgust.
“Do you honestly believe I’m that perverted? You should know that I hate forcing others. You may leave now!” He stood up
abruptly after speaking and didn’t look at her again.
Even though she had gained her freedom, Renee was suddenly hit with disappointment.
She stood up and fixed her hair. She gazed at his icy back and wanted to say something before leaving, but she didn’t.
“Ren, have you finished passing him the gift?”
As she walked down the stairs, she noticed Timothy returning from the garden, held by Seraphina.
“What brings you here? You’ve already split up with Stef. Do you not understand the concept of a boundary?” Seraphina watched
Renee emerge from Stefan’s room and acted like a woman who had found her husband cheating.
Renee didn’t back down; instead, she remained in the centre of the stairwell, staring down at the lady below. “Who made the rule
that an ex-wife can’t leave her ex-husband’s room? Shouldn’t you, as a single woman, keep your distance from a divorced
man?”
“You!” Seraphina was at a loss for words and grabbed Timothy’s arm, coquettishly saying, “Grandpa Hunt, look at her! She is
completely lacking in manners. Are these appropriate things for a divorced lady to say? I feel like she still wants to depend on
Stef!”
Timothy grinned and shook his head, remaining impartial and refusing to take sides. “I’m not sure about that, but it’s clear that
Stefan is still reliant on Ren. I am the most familiar with his personality!”
“Impossible!” Seraphina gritted her teeth and muttered angrily, “Stef is quite proud, so how can he rely on her? They would not
have divorced if he still had affection for her. She must be the shameless one who can’t stop harassing Stef!”
“Oh, it seems like you don’t know your ‘bro’ well enough, hmm?” Renee smirked, trying to anger Seraphina even more by testing
her patience.
“Your closest buddy may seem arrogant on the surface, but he’s a lover and a simp at heart. He almost always begs me not to
abandon him and to give him another chance! It seems like just yesterday when he proclaimed his love to me in front of many
coworkers. He stated he couldn’t forget me and wanted to rekindle our relationship, but I turned him down!”
Seraphina was so enraged that she strode over to Renee angrily. “Be quiet. You can say anything you want, but you can’t frame
him like that. He’s my best friend.”
She abruptly stopped speaking and turned to look behind Renee. “Stef! Did you hear what she had to say about you?”
He was a few steps away from Renee. “She’s speaking the truth,” he remarked quietly, his back straight and his hands inside his
pockets.