At the sight of Marcellus, Sophie is so overcome with excitement that she wants to tackle him and give him a big hug.
For many years, she has loved him in secret.
Has Marcellus finally realized that he wants to be with her?
Sensing Sophie's approach, Marcellus quietly steps aside and keeps an appropriate distance away from her.
Sophie realizes that she is overacting too much.
Although she likes Marcellus a lot, as a girl, she should be a little more reserved. It isn't appropriate for her to throw herself onto a man.
Sophie looks down a bit shyly before looking up at Marcellus with watery eyes. ""Marcellus, there's a new movie coming out, let's watch it tomorrow night.""
Thinking that Marcellus prepared a gift for her, Sophie is confident that he won't refuse her small request.
But Marcellus looks at her apologetically and says, ""Sorry, I asked Katrina to have dinner with me tomorrow night.""
Katrina?
Hearing the name that Marcellus hasn't mentioned in two months, Sophie is in a daze. It's as if her head was doused in cold water, extinguishing all her joy and enthusiasm.
Sophie's smile freezes on her made-up face. Her happiness suddenly disappears, and her mood turns sour.
She says incredulously, ""Katrina's back?""
Marcellus nods. ""Yes, your father invited her to have dinner with the Anderson family. She couldn't get a taxi on the way, so I drove her here.""
Sophie immediately looks into Marcellus's car. Sure enough, she sees a familiar figure inside.
Still sitting in the car, Katrina hesitates to open the door and to get out of the car. She's afraid of disturbing Sophie.
Finally, she pushes the door open and gets out of the car. She forces herself to step forward and greet Sophie, ""Sophie, long time no see.""
The moment Sophie sees Katrina, she feels an instant surge of hatred and anger.
Marcellus came to the Anderson house for Katrina?
She's been gone for two months. Why is she back now?
And the first thing she does after coming back is to cozy up to Marcellus!
Sophie extremely despises Katrina. She wants Katrina to completely disappear from Marcellus's life and the world forever as if she never existed.
Unfortunately, she cannot lose her temper in front of Marcellus. She grits the words through her teeth as she says, ""Long time no see!""
Katrina knows that Sophie hates her.
But what can she do?
Although she promised Sophie that she would never see or contact Marcellus again, that was four years ago.
Is she really going to stay away from him for the rest of her life?
Is she really going to refuse the man who cares about her so much?
Is she really going to deny him the chance even to be her friend?
Not wanting to embarrass Marcellus, Katrina says, ""Marcellus, Sophie, and I will go ahead. It's getting late, and you should go back. Be careful on the way.""
Marcellus nods at her gently with a tender smile on his handsome face. ""Okay.""
His soft gaze