Tina's friends joined in the teasing, saying, "Tina, why don't you just break up with George Smith? He is no match for Jacob at all. Jacob comes from abroad. He is good-looking and excellently educated. If I were you, I would have thrown myself into his arms long ago."
"Don't talk nonsense. If George, a perennial lickspittle, hears your words, he will get angry with you. Watch out then."
"It is funny. He's on a business trip. Even if he's here, I'm not afraid of him hearing my words. Besides being a little more handsome, he's useless."
"He's so foolish. He doesn't even know how to be romantic. He dedicates himself to work and leaves no time to accompany Tina."
Tina's friends were all teasing me, trying to flatter Jacob.
But Tina didn't care about her friends' mockery of me. In her heart and mind, Jacob in front of her mattered the most.
Just now, I heard their conversation, thinking, "It turns out that they have been secretly in contact for a long time."
"No wonder whenever it is late at night, Tina next to me in bed is nowhere to be seen. I will get up to look for her."
"She will lock herself in the bathroom, saying that she has to attend to some work."
I felt particularly sorry for her, so I put all my energy into her company and shared her burden.
But her friends criticized me for not having time to accompany her. If she hadn't complained to them about me usually, they wouldn't have known this.
Three years ago, the Shawn Group was on the brink of going bankrupt. Seeing so, Jacob distanced himself from Tina and left her in the ditch.
He broke off the engagement with Tina and blocked all her contact information.
Tina broke down, either physically or mentally.
Overnight, she, a once highly regarded young lady from a rich family, was down to the bottom.
Her friends avoided her. No one dared to lend her money.
When I found her, she was drunk in a bar, with a few bad guys by her side taking advantage of her.
I had secretly fallen for her a long time ago. Both Jacob and I met her in college.
I couldn't be indifferent to her!
I took out all the money I had saved with great effort, gave up starting my business, and helped the Shawn Group make a comeback.
Tina knew nothing. I did everything myself.
I stayed up all night with her to write a proposal. I almost got hit by a car when running errands.