"What happened today was a misunderstanding, and I came to explain it to you."

Gilbert and Amber exchanged a smile. "It's like this. My mom keeps nagging me to find a girlfriend, and it's driving me crazy. So I thought of finding someone to pretend, just to get her off my back. Amber is my best friend, so I asked her for help.

"So, things aren't what you think. Please don't take it to heart. If you're angry, just take it out on me. Yell at me, hit me, I don't care. I just hope you don't blame Amber."

Before I could say anything, Amber jumped in to defend him. "Hadson, Gilbert is sincerely apologizing to you. Don't be so petty."

Seeing them defending each other and exchanging glances, I felt like an outsider, like I was the one who had committed a grave sin and had to be judged by them.

I immediately got angry. "So should I thank him? Thank him for taking my girlfriend to pretend to be his girlfriend and meet his parents? What's next, are you going to move in with his family?"

Amber's face immediately hardened.

Then she growled, "Can you please not put it that way? It makes it sound like Gilbert and I are having an affair!

"Gilbert asked me for help, and I agreed to help him. We're just friends helping each other out. It's not as dirty as you think."

She didn't miss a chance to insult me. "If someone's heart is filthy, they see filth in everyone."

"Hadson, you can say whatever you want about me, but you can't humiliate Amber like that."

As Gilbert said this, he patted my arm, putting on a good guy act. "Apologize to Amber quickly, and don't do it again next time."

I slapped his hand away.

Apologize?

Why should I apologize?

Over the years, I apologized to her more times than she had spoken to me.

Gilbert let out a hiss after I slapped his hand as if it really hurt.

Amber's nerves jumped, and she asked anxiously, "Gilbert, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

He chuckled and said to me, "Didn't expect you to be so strong, Hadson. You look pretty skinny. It's nothing."

His words instantly infuriated Amber.

She turned and glared at me. "Hadson, why are you so petty? Gilbert was just asking you to apologize to me, why did you hit him?"

Even a fool could tell Gilbert was faking it, but Amber believed it.

It seemed I really was an outsider.

Amber suddenly said, "Hadson, I command you to apologize to Gilbert right now!"