" You two seem to be afraid of me?" Robert poured himself a glass of water. The two of them looked at each other and didn't dare to say anything.

" Think about it; what if your lover saw you lying there yesterday? For people who' re impulsive, the two of them might already be dead. I don't think I' ve done too much. I just broke their bones, and what they wanted to do was ruin Marilyn's life. You two are Marilyn's friends, and you should understand what I said. What would you like to drink? How about coffee?"

" No, it's fine." Joliet waved her hand. Yolanda nodded." Indeed. Anyone who saw what happened yesterday would be angry."

" Brandon has returned to Madison. This bad thing is already over." Robert sat opposite the two girls with a glass of water in his hand."I didn't let you two tell Marilyn yesterday because I didn't want her to know that she went to the most trusted friend's party and met such trouble. You should know that she was forced by her family to marry someone she did not like. If it weren't for something has happened to that guy, maybe Marilyn wouldn't be as happy as now. Yesterday, she told me that she wanted to open a studio with you two.I' ve been her classmate for a few years, and it was rare that she said one thing with such excitement as yesterday. You two weigh heavily in her heart." The faces of Joliet and Yolanda both showeda look of guilty. Especially Joliet. When Marilyn sent a message to Robert yesterday, Joliet was still complaining if Marilyn distrusted them, but then such big trouble showed up. If things had not been stopped in time, Joliet didn't know how to face Marilyn. She didn't expect that Jackson, who looked gentle, was a dirty jerk. And Robert, who had been arrogant, was rarely gentle to Marilyn. Robert could be incomparably cruel to others without any mercy, but when he saw Marilyn, he was so gentle. No woman would want her boyfriend to be warm to everyone. She would hope her boyfriend to be warm only to her. That was what Robert was like. Joliet noticed that when Robert mentioned Marilyn, there was subconscious tenderness in his eyes. Seeing that the two of them had calmed down, Robert continued, " What happened yesterday has ended. What between me and Brandon will be our own business. I don't want you two to get involved in it, okay?" The two girls nodded at once. They wanted to stay away from it so much.

" Okay, you two are free now." Robert put the glass on the table and glanced at the door. As soon as Robert said this, the two girls got up in a hurry. Just when they arrived at the door, Robert suddenly said, " By the way, I' ll

2/5 leave that steel frame with your fingerprints at home." The two of them stopped for a second, forced out a smile, nodded at Robert, and then left quickly. The talk was a carrot, and the last threat was a big stick. Robert sighed and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. At nine o' clock in the morning, there were footsteps upstairs. Robert knew that Marilyn had gotten up and what happened last night was still stuck in his heart. Seeing Marilyn's dark circles around her eyes, Robert scratched the back of his head and said, " Well, I fell asleep last night."

" Hmm? Fell asleep? What are you talking about?" Marilyn was confused.