Unfortunately, it was much too noisy in the bar. It was hard enough for Jay to hear what Doris said, let alone Nancy's cough.
"What time are you going home?" Doris almost had to yell so Jay could hear her.
"Well, it seems like this social engagement won't be finished anytime soon. Go ahead, I'll go home right after this is over." Jay spoke in a loud voice. The music was too loud.
A sly look appeared on Doris' face. She smiled as she said, "Well, take your time. But don't drink too much. Otherwise, you might go home to the wrong house. Ha-ha!"
However, Jay didn't understand that Doris was mocking him. "Yes, I won't drink too much."
After a few seconds of silence, they ended the phone call. "Okay, then. Bye." After saying that, Doris hung up the phone. But she still held the phone in her hand. Her knuckles were white from clutching it too tightly. It was obvious how hard it was for her to endure that phone call.
"What the hell are you doing? Why are you abusing yourself like this?" Nancy scolded her. Doris obviously knew that Jay was in the bar. Yet, she still asked him about where he was. It was clear that Jay was lying to her.
Naturally, she was very angry. But she just pretended not to care about it at all.
Was it really self-abuse? Maybe it was.
"Aren't you the one who wanted me to call him?" Doris turned her back fro
now. Don't you know there's a saying that 'He who lies down with the dogs must rise up with fleas'?" Nancy contested.
"I know. I also know that birds of the same feather flock together. So what you just said is that I'm the same kind of person as Jay. But my surname is Fu, and his is Fang. We are good friends, but we have different genes. How can you say that I'll be finding other women too just because he does?" While putting on his clothes, Charles tried to defend himself. It's not fair that Nancy was thinking of him like this too.
"It seems that you have forgotten about another popular proverb. They say that men are animals that think with their private parts, remember?" Nancy spouted more words that belittled men.
Feeling annoyed, Charles answered, "Okay, stop it, Nancy. I get it. I'll go to the bar immediately. And don't worry. As long as I'm here, I won't allow Jay to cheat on Doris. I won't even let him talk with other women, okay?"
"Okay, if you say so! Thank you, Charles." Nancy felt amused and comforted by what he said.
With that, Charles donned his black leather coat and walked out of the room lazily.
Meanwhile, Nancy struggled for a while to process everything that happened. She was so tired. Slowly, she walked into the bathroom to take a nice and warm bath.
During this time, Jay was still drinking in the bar.