That year, she ranked first place in the college entrance exam and was admitted to the same university where Colman had studied.

Not long after the exam, sometime in mid-August, it was Amber's eighteenth birthday. Little did she know that her birthday that year would become her most memorable yet.

On the evening of Amber's birthday, in a dimly lit room, three heads gathered in front of a chocolate cake with pink icing.

“Happy birthday, Amber!" Colman said in a soft voice.

“Thank you, Colman," replied Amber sweetly.

“Happy birthday, Amber!" Leon said.

As the arguments between Leon and Amber had become more and more frequent, their relationship suffered, and as a result, they were no longer in the best of terms. However, she was still polite enough to respond to him with a smile.

"Thank you, Leon."

While Colman lit the candles, Leon turned off the lights. Amber sat before the cake with her arms folded and closed her eyes to make a wish.

The girl's adorable face was a sight to behold. It was as if time had slowed down around her as she gently parted her red lips and smiled.

Glancing at his best friend, Colman expressed the admiration he held for her from the bottom of his heart.

"Amber is so beautiful!"

Leon was happy to hear him praising his girlfriend.

“I know that. Why else would I have wooed her?"

With a strange, unsettling look in his face, Colman stared at Amber for a while before he suddenly asked Leon, “Can I kiss your girlfriend?"

Leon chuckled and looked at Colman as if he was joking. Since he thought his friend was just fooling around, he decided to play along and answered, “Sure!”

Next, Colman approached Amber. And before she knew it, he grabbed the backside of her head and pulled her into his arms, kissing her on the lips right in front of Leon's shocked gaze.

Amber's lips were sweeter and softer than Colman had expected. Thus, he found it hard to tear himself away from her touch.

Caught off guard, Amber blinked her widened eyes as she stared at the handsome face in front of her. It was hard to believe that she was really kissing... Colman.

The room fell silent for a full minute as Leon was still trying to process what he had just witnessed.

Shutting his eyes, he shook his head to dismiss that image from his head. Was he just cuckolded by his best friend?

Kicking the chair away, Leon pulled the two apart. Without hesitation, he punched Colman in the face and roared furiously, “Damn it! Colman, how could you do this to me?"

Colman remained silent as he spat out blood from his mouth.

However, as soon as he saw a second punching coming towards him, he dodged it swiftly and then returned a blow to Leon's stomach, which sent him straight to the floor.

As a result of the kiss, Amber stood frozen and completely forgot about stopping the fight. Her mind went blank as she stared at the two men engaged in the fistfight.