Brian met her gaze with a frosty look.
âMiss Glyn, I suggest you keep out of our marital issues.
â
Observing Brian ignore her warning and walk towards the apartment building while assisting Betsy, who had a smug smile on her face, Karina seethed with rage and shoved him.
She fumed, âBrian, stop! You owe me an explanation.
Are you seriously taking this woman home now?â
Brian, struck dumb for a moment, regained his composure and retorted coldly, âMiss Glyn, let me make this clear one more time: stay out of my affairs!â
Karinaâs eyes widened in disbelief at his severe attitude.
âBrian, what happened to you?â
âMove aside!â
âNo way! If you dare bring her home today, Brian, I swear youâll never know peace again!â
Brian fell silent, exasperation flickering across his face.
Why couldnât she just stop causing trouble?
Though he understood her fierce loyalty to her friend, her interference threatened to derail his carefully laid plans.
Brianâs voice was cold.
âKarina, move.
Donât make me hit you.
â
Karina glared at him, defiant.
âBrian, youâre being awful! Iâm not moving.
Are you seriously going to hit me?â
Brian clenched his teeth, barely resisting the urge to push her aside.
Just then, Carlow, who had been silently observing, finally spoke up.
âMr.
Hughes, thatâs not very gentlemanly of you!â
He pulled Karina into his arms, his gaze icy as he spoke to Brian.
Brianâs eyes flicked from Carlowâs face to his arm, suspicion growing.
How come Carlowâs demeanor looked so much like Barlow?
âKarina, are you with him?â Brian inquired.
Karina was caught off guard when Carlow suddenly pulled her close.
She struggled to free herself, but his grip was unyielding.
As she prepared to deny being with Carlow, Carlow interrupted, âYes, Mr.
Hughes.
So donât mess with my woman, or youâll regret it!â
Karina was speechless.
Carlow not only kissed her out of nowhere but now he was making things up!