Chapter 86: A World for Just the Two of Us

"You too, Alvin. When will you stop playing with girls’ feelings?" Kevan’s voice began to flow, opening a serious conversation with Alvin.

He put down his spoon and looked straight at his friend.

"What can I do, Kevan? No one has really entered my heart yet," Alvin replied casually. "Besides, life is too short to be serious with just one person, right?"

"If you didn’t like them from the start, why did you have to give them hope?"

This time I looked up, watching Kevan stare sharply at Alvin. The food on his plate had not even been touched at all.

"I didn’t give them hope, Kevan. They’re just too easily carried away by their feelings. One little flirtation and they already fall for it. Pathetic," Alvin replied while tearing open the plastic wrapper of the snack served on the large plate in front of him.

Alvin began to chew indifferently, without the slightest sense of guilt after expressing such unreasonable excuses.

To me, flirting was still a form of bait. Even if it was done only once, it was enough to give girls hope and make them think that Alvin was interested.

Wasn’t that so?

I clicked my tongue in displeasure at hearing it. Without thinking, I grabbed a pack of snacks from the table and threw it at him, making Alvin scramble to catch the snack that almost slipped from his hand.

"Don’t make excuses. A playboy is still a playboy, always playing with girls’ hearts!" I scolded while putting on an angry face.

Ari, who was closest, immediately hit Alvin on the head, making him wince while scratching his head. "You’re too picky. One day, when you finally get someone who doesn’t meet your expectations, you’ll regret it, Alvin."

"Do you think I’m like you, just accepting a girl like—"

"Like who?" Dara cut in while placing her hands on her hips. "Like me? As if. I’m beautiful, attractive, and have a million hidden charms. That’s why Ari fell in love with me. Right, Ari?" Dara winked confidently.

Now it was my turn and Alvin’s to burst into laughter at Dara’s words, especially when we saw the expression she made as cute as possible while waiting for Ari’s response.

"Yes. I’m in love with you, Dara," Ari replied with a smile, his face looking awkward and shy.

Alvin immediately acted as if he were about to throw up, but unfortunately, Dara noticed. In the end, Dara attacked Alvin again with cornering words. She called Alvin cruel, disloyal to his friends, and too confident in his good looks, even though in her opinion, Ari was far more attractive.

"All you’re good at is charming people, Alvin! Compared to Ari, he’s clearly more sincere!" Dara snapped, unwilling to lose.

Her scolding continued with various narcissistic remarks that made the atmosphere even more lively.

Kevan could only shake his head as he watched them argue.

I took that opportunity to whisper softly to Kevan. "Kevan, just let them argue among themselves. Now you should eat first. Let me feed you, okay?"

Kevan gasped and immediately turned toward me until our faces were very close. My heart almost jumped out of my chest. I tried to smile as calmly as possible, then pulled Kevan’s plate closer to me and took a spoonful of food for him.

"Open your mouth. I don’t want you to be late eating just because you’re watching their debate. Come on, hurry," I said while smiling at him.

At first, Kevan just looked at me in silence. But a few seconds later, he returned my smile, even sweeter, then opened his mouth to accept the spoonful from me.

"Thank you, darling."

"Thank you, darling!" Reflexively, Kevan and I were startled when we heard the cheers from the three people in front of us, imitating Kevan’s words.

"Such a romantic couple!" Alvin shouted excitedly.

Since when did the argument between Alvin and Dara stop?

"It seems the world belongs only to the two of them," Dara added with a wide grin while wrapping her arm around Ari’s. "The rest of us here are just considered specks of dust, right?"

"Exactly, Dara. Plus the magic words. Thank you, darling," Alvin chimed in, now teaming up with Dara to tease me. "Say it again, Kevan. We didn’t hear it clearly enough!"

I really couldn’t move at all. My face must have been as red as a boiled crab by now.

They were clearly deliberately teaming up to tease us and succeeded in making me terribly embarrassed in front of everyone.

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