As she saw the watch, an alarm in Eva's mind went off.

She almost turned and wanted to leave right away.

But she was too slow.

The man sitting across from Lisa suddenly looked over casually towards her location.

Their gazes collided in mid-air.

In that moment of eye contact, it was as if two trains derailed and created countless sparks, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to crack.

The man, holding the glass, who was initially noble and indifferent, froze instantly with an expression of nonchalance.

Lisa, sitting across from him, had no idea what had happened. She was a little shy as she wanted to get his contact information.

Being so close, Lisa didn't even dare to raise her head to look at Adrian. She could only steal glances at him.

"... I've been talking to you for so long, can we exchange contact information after all? Don't misunderstand, even though I'm interested in you, I won't bother you frequently." However, even after she spoke for a long time, the man across from her remained completely unresponsive.

Lisa could only lift her head to take a look at him.

"Is it okay...?

Before she could finish her sentence, the man suddenly stood up, his movements too fast for Lisa to react.

By the time she realized it, she turned around only to see the man hastily running outside.

A slender figure followed and disappeared around the corner.

Lisa stood there, a bit confused, not knowing what had just happened.

Why did her crush suddenly run out?

And that figure just now... was it Eva?

Eva's steps quickened, wishing she could grow wings and fly away from here.

She never expected that the man Lisa had taken a liking to would turn out to be him.

What has he become after five years? Doesn't he already have Vivian? How could he shamelessly come to the bar and deceive an innocent young girl?

Eva's mind was in such chaos that she ran and thought haphazardly.

She didn't even know why she had to run.

She hadn't done anything wrong.

The matter at hand was a peaceful divorce five years ago. Why would she need to run away? However, upon hearing the slightly chaotic footsteps behind her, Eva couldn't stop walking.

As she approached the girls' restroom ahead, Eva, in a state of panic, decided to hide inside. But before she could take a step, someone grabbed her shoulder. Immediately, she was pressed against the cold, hard wall, overwhelmed by the strong smell of alcohol. The man approached, gripping her hands tightly, his gaze locked on her in disbelief.

Eva was startled by him but quickly began to struggle vigorously. However, the more she struggled, the more agitated the man became, and he leaned in to kiss her as if he had been provoked. "What do you think you're doing? Let go of me!" Eva protested with all her might. Unfortunately, the power gap between them was too great, and Eva could only watch helplessly as he held her wrists and leaned closer with each passing moment.

The man got closer and closer, until Eva could see the fine pores on his face and smell the scent of cedarwood wrapped in alcohol.

With gritted teeth, Eva glared at him and said, "Adrian, if you dare to kiss me, I'll make sure to bite your mouth until it's bloody." However, it seemed that the man didn't hear her words at all, stubbornly persisting with his actions.

Just as Eva thought she couldn't escape, there was a loud thud. The man, who had been holding onto her wrists tightly, suddenly collapsed onto her, motionless.

The corridor fell silent, in stark contrast to the previous commotion. Eva continued to breathe heavily, her chest heaving up and down. The man lying on her shoulder remained still.

When Eva calmed down, she reached out to push the person leaning on her shoulder, but there was still no movement. What's going on?

"Eva," just as Eva was about to push him for the second time, the man leaning against her suddenly uttered a nearly incoherent murmur. His head was resting on her shoulder, and his words were right by her ear.

Eva stood frozen in place, looking down at the handsome and slender man who was so close to her. He was reeking of alcohol, clearly in a drunken stupor.

In that brief moment of confusion, Eva heard a distant voice.

"Eva?" It was Lisa's voice!

Eva's face changed, and she quickly pushed Adrian away. Already unconscious from alcohol, Adrian fell backward, seemingly about to hit the ground. In her haste, Eva instinctively grabbed his hand, but Adrian's weight was too much, causing Eva to fall onto him instead.

Just then, Lisa rushed over. Seeing Eva fall on top of Adrian, she widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Eva, what's going on?!" Eva took a deep breath, calmly placed her hand on Adrian's chest for support in front of Lisa, and then stood up.

Looking at the scene before her, Eva's eyes were still somewhat disoriented. Pointing at her and Adrian, she asked, "You two?"

After standing up, Eva calmly adjusted her clothes and tidied her hair before saying, "Lisa, you're here."

Confronted with Lisa's perplexed and inquisitive gaze, Eva calmly explained, "This person, I have no idea where he came from, not only tried to rush into the women's restroom, but also attempted to assault me."

Upon hearing this, Lisa was instantly shocked. "Assaulted you? No way."

After her initial disbelief, Lisa recalled that the person who said this was her friend. She should choose to believe her friend, but the person lying on the ground...

Taking this into consideration, Lisa immediately began explaining, "Eva, listen to me. He's the dream guy I told you about before. What you mentioned just now might be a misunderstanding. He had too much to drink and probably didn't know what he was doing."

Eva originally thought that attacking first would create a bad impression of Lisa, but she didn't expect Lisa to defend him. Even before Eva could respond, Lisa was already squatting beside Adrian, helping him up.

This scene suffocated Eva.

"Lisa, even if a decent person gets drunk, they still remain decent. They don't expose their true nature," Eva said.

Upon hearing this, Lisa froze for a moment. Then she looked up at Eva and said, "But... I've been with him for almost half a year and have never seen him lay a hand on a woman. When he suddenly ran out earlier, I was really confused about what happened. Although I'm not entirely sure what occurred, Eva, please believe me, he definitely didn't mean it."

Eva fell silent.

She didn't expect Lisa to continue defending him.

If Lisa knew that the man she helped up already had someone else, would she still do the same?

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