Kington suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. "What? He slapped you? He slapped you on the spot?"
Eevonne shrugged and smiled. "He slapped me across my face."
"That jerk!" Kingston cursed.
"Not only did he slap me, he even cursed me in front of so many people at the reception, 'How can you be so shameless! You’ve wanted to marry me so badly that you've gone crazy! You're a shameless gold-digger! Fuck off! If I ever see you again, I'll disfigure your face!"
Kingston sighed. "It's inevitable that he hated you."
Eevonne nodded. "That's right. He hated me. I know he hated me. In fact, he was actually quite well-mannered. If he met a pregnant lady on the bus, he would take the initiative to give up his seat for her. He would also help the pregnant lady down the bus. He is usually very gentle to me. He is very nice to me in all the matters that he should be nice to his girlfriend. He has no dark side at all. He also gets along with his colleagues incomparably well in the company. He is that kind of very intelligent boy that is particularly appreciated by his superior. The main thing is that he was fluent in Spanish. I had plenty of colleagues who were quite good in Spanish. However, he was different. The reason he learned Spanish was not that he wanted to use it to get a good job, it was because he loves literature. Sometimes, when he reads the translated version of the books and novels that he likes very much, especially those classics, the meaning of the words would get lost in translation. It was better to read the Spanish version to understand them deeper. He said that to be honest, language is a tool for communicating.
Strictly speaking, it can't be a skill for the sake of finding a job. Therefore, he has never listed Spanish as his special skill, even though he is incomparably fluent in the language. My boyfriend was the only person I've ever met in that company who said that. When I heard it back then, I truly admired him. He was considered one of the best in that company which had nearly a thousand staff. He was especially outstanding and approachable. When I bring such a boyfriend home in the future, that would be enough for my relatives to kneel and worship me. However, in just one night, my matter was exposed. My relationship with my boyfriend was ruined as well. Nobody in the company wanted to fire him. However, he still felt that he was too ashamed to continue working in that company, so he resigned without even wanting his salary anymore. He didn't expect that he would meet me at the reception. In a fit of anger, he raised his palm and slapped me twice, and cursed at me in front of so many people. I don’t blame him for all that."
Kingston could tell that, at that moment, after the matter had passed for so long, when Eevonne mentioned that boy, she still could not let him go.
"Do you love him very much?" Kingston asked.
"How many girls would not love such a boy like him?" Eevonne asked with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Kingston wanted to soothe Eevonne's sorrows, so he said, "He is not that perfect. He slapped you."
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