"You are insane!" I yelled in anger. "My money is mine, and my life is mine. What does it have to do with you?"
"How does it not relate to me?" Ma Jia sneered. "You are my fiancée."
"We've broken up," I gritted my teeth.
"You were the one who proposed the breakup, but I didn't agree," he replied calmly. "Jiang Yue, I give you one day. If you don't come up with a solution, don't blame me for being rude."
Ma Jia hung up the phone.
I clutched my phone tightly, unable to calm my emotions for a long time. If this matter escalated, what would I do? What about Xiao Huai? I didn't want to drag him into this. But I also didn't want to give my money to Ma Jia. That was my money, earned through hard work.
I struggled internally for a day and ultimately compromised. I called Ma Jia: "I don't want the money anymore; just delete the photos."
"It seems that Xiao Huai is indeed very important to you," he said.
"It has nothing to do with you," I gritted my teeth. " Ma Jia, you've treated me like a fool for so long, and now you still want to threaten me for money. Don't you think you're going too far?"
"I'm going too far?" Ma Jia sneered.
"Jiang Yue, it's clearly your fault! You and Xiao Huai have been together for a long time, haven't you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" I trembled with anger. " Ma Jia, don't go too far!"
"Am I going too far or are you?"
"She said it, she’s the one going too far." Suddenly, Xiao Huai's voice came from behind me.
I was startled and turned around to see Xiao Huai standing behind me without me noticing. He took my phone and locked the break room door.
" Ma Jia, right?" he said into the phone. "I'm Xiao Huai, Jiang Yue's boyfriend."
I was stunned, looking at Xiao Huai in disbelief. What did he just say? He said he was my boyfriend?
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ma Jia sneered. "Xiao Huai, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want to get back together with Jiang Yue now that she's doing better, right?"
"What's it to you?" Xiao Huai replied coldly. " Ma Jia, I warn you, stop harassing Jiang Yue, or don't blame me for being rude."
"You..."
"Jiang Yue is my woman now," Xiao Huai said slowly and firmly. "My woman, and I will protect her."
Ma Jia was quite angry, but Xiao Huai simply hung up the phone. He raised his hand and sent the secretly taken photo to his phone, chuckling to himself.
I was speechless. "What are you laughing at?"
He handed me the photo to look at. "From this angle, I took a pretty good shot; the angle is great."
I couldn't believe it. Shouldn't a normal person be angry upon seeing such a photo? Why wasn't he following the usual script?
"Aren't you mad?"
"Why should I be mad?" He saved the photo. "This picture could get him a few days in jail for blackmail."
Okay, I guess my perspective was too narrow.
"But..." He suddenly looked at me, his gaze deep.
"But what?"
"The photo taken by your ex-boyfriend is barely usable." He raised an eyebrow. "Jiang Yue, would you like to be my girlfriend?"
I took a step back, watching him warily. He stepped forward, pinning me against the wall with one hand while gripping my chin with the other. "I just said I'm your boyfriend."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" My heart raced. "Xiao Huai, this is at the office; don't mess around!"
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