Rachel fixed her hair with her fingers. "You didn't realize you were never this clingy before? Sure enough, people will change when they fall in love."

She said word for word, "You're becoming a stranger to me. Wait until you get possessive later, maybe you'll be jealous when Ellie talks to another man.

"Seeing that you have found true love, I am glad for you. James, it would be better for you to be happy than anything else.

"Hey, I truly envy you, Ellie. James loves you so much, and you can't blame him if he's jealous of another man in the future. He just loves you so much."

The atmosphere became awkward, and I couldn't help but look down. Rachel said outwardly that she was glad for James and was speaking up for him, but she kept being sarcastic. It was the last thing James could stand for a woman to change herself for a man, to become jealous and possessive to the point of losing her mind.

James slowly released his grip on my hand as Rachel glanced at me smugly. She did know what was going on inside James' mind, and she was good at stirring up others.