Rina is far from Erwin's current position.
Ironically, his back is turned in her direction, while Helena's head rests on his shoulder. Seated across from them is Erwin's friend, likely named Dave.
She only met him for the first time back in college, and their paths haven't crossed since then, so he might not recognize her anymore.
Her heart is gripped by agonizing pain, and it seems as though her very strength is being squeezed out of her, all while she observes her husband's amorous dalliance with this coquettish woman.
She's been fully aware of their ongoing relationship behind her back. Yet, she had never personally witnessed it until now.
She only found out about Erwin's continued involvement with Helena from her acquaintances, despite their marriage.
This is the very scene she has been avoiding.
As she gazes in their direction, tears well up in her eyes, so she quickly wipes them away before they can fall.
Rina is overwhelmed by the intense pain she feels from witnessing this hurtful scenario.
Despite the pain caused by Erwin's betrayal, she chooses to order food and opts to dine in rather than get takeout.
Yes, Erwin's deception hurts, but she knows that he hasn't loved her for a long time. Yet, she still tried to push their marriage, and now she quietly suffers.
Erwin and Helena sit with their backs to Rina, and she sees Dave heading towards the restroom.
So, without wasting any time, she sits in a secluded corner with only two seats near them.
Using her handkerchief, she covers her face and takes out the sunglasses from her bag to use as a disguise.
While the person sitting beside her seat can't help but gawk at her actions, finding them quite unusual.
Of course, she clearly understands his thoughts, Who in their right mind eats with sunglasses on? She thinks silently to herself.
Meanwhile, Helena gently strokes Victor's arm.
At first, he seems indifferent, but he soon feels her hands moving towards his thigh, which surprises him slightly.
He quickly looks at her and grabs her hand to prevent her from any further advances.
"What's wrong, baby?" Helena chuckles as Victor holds her hand.
"You should take care where your hands wander."
"What's wrong with that? I'm just fooling around, you know." Helena playfully respond.
She then tightly embraces Victor, which causes him to withdraw from her.
"You shouldn't do that here, you know people are eating. It's embarrassing," he scolds her.
"So it's not embarrassing when it's just the two of us?" Helena seductively asks.
"You little brat, you're a tease," Victor playfully scolds her, pinching her cheeks.
"Come on, if I'm such a tease, you should marry me already," she teases back, causing Victor to stop pinching her cheeks.
He gazes at her intensely, leaving Helena uncertain of what to say.
Dave's arrival interrupts his thoughts.
"Did I hear the word 'marriage'? Hmm," Dave interjects playfully.
"Are you two planning something already just as soon as I left?" He added with a soft laugh.
"Dave, you're here! Victor and I aren't getting married yet. I was just teasing him when he plans to marry me, because you know, we're already at the marriageable age,"
Helena says, blushing and acting coy.
"Oh, Victor, why don't you marry Helena already? It's evident that you two are deeply in love, and you've been together for a long time now," Dave adds, laughing.
Helena is thrilled to hear this coming from Victor's friend.
All she wants to hear now is what Victor will say.
Unbeknownst to Victor, she's aware of his secret marriage to Rina, and she wants Victor completely to herself, without any interference from Rina or any other women hovering around him.
She still had many dreams of achieving, among them being with Victor and sharing in his wealth.
"Idiot, you know my situation very well," He firmly said to Dave.
"Oh, about Rina—ouch! "
Dave couldn't continue his sentence as he abruptly stopped, feeling a heavy pressure on his foot – Victor's shoe firmly pressing down on it.
He noticed the intimidating gaze Victor gave him, warning him that if he continued speaking, he would face dire consequences causing him to stumble over his words.
"I mean, Re-et, I mean Let's eat haha," he awkwardly chuckled.
Helena looked at him firmly and asked,
"What about Rina? I thought I heard her name from you?" She questioned Dave.
"Oh, Rina? Who's that? Her name doesn't sound familiar to me," Dave said, avoiding eye contact with Helena and pretending to eat while still feeling Victor's intimidating stare.
"Hey, I heard her name! What's with Rina? Are you implying that Victor has a secret relationship with her?" Helena said exaggeratedly.
"Come on, you should eat your food. I didn't mention Rina; maybe you misheard it. Besides, their friendship ended a long time ago. Remember when Victor rejected her in front of you back in college?" Dave explained at length.
"I know that story very well. Besides, she's the one who ended our friendship. How dare she try to seduce my boyfriend!" Helena added, disregarding Dave's slip of the tongue.
Despite knowing that Victor and Rina had been married for a long time.
She just wanted to pretend not to know about it and always felt irritated every time she heard Rina's name.
"Oh, you're right," Dave said when he felt that Helena's attention had shifted from what he said earlier and had turned into anger toward Rina.
Victor, however, isn't pleased with Dave's comment.
Dave frowns and shifts uncomfortably, feeling a heavy weight on his chest when he notices Victor's intimidating gaze.
'What's wrong with him? I shifted the conversation elsewhere, but he seems even angrier now,' he wonders silently.
Then Helena continued to mention Rina's negative qualities while expressing her anger.
" I wonder why you were friends with her in the past, babe. She's untrustworthy! Did you know that during our college days, I discovered the reason why my close friends distanced themselves from me?..."
"She was spreading bad rumors about me to them!" she exclaimed dramatically.
"Stop it already, Helena," Victor finally says.
"Why? Are you telling me not to talk about Rina? Is it because she used to be your friend, or do you also like that woman?" Helena asks, ignoring ignoring what Dave accidentally said.
Dave winces upon hearing Helena's words, realizing that she's directing the conversation back to Rina again and placing Victor into a difficult situation.
"No, what I mean is to stop it and finish your food. Your food has been cold since a while ago," Victor said to her.
"No, you shouldn't stop me when I'm still talking!
"By the way, regarding my question earlier, when do you plan to marry me?" Helena asked him again.
"When everything is okay and stable. For now, I still have a lot of things to handle, especially with the company because I haven't fully acquired it," Victor said coldly.
"So when you finally acquire your company, you'll marry me, is that it?"
"Helena, you shouldn't be the one enticing a man about marriage. Wait for me to bring it up myself" Victor advises.
"Then I'll wait for you to propose to me," Helena says with a broad smile, hugging Victor tightly.
While Victor opted to remain silent because he knew it was difficult to argue further, even though there was a part in his mind that he still disliked what he was doing, deceiving his wife Rina.
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Meanwhile, the man sitting beside Rina is confused and concerned.
He can't help but watch as her tears continue to flow from her face, despite wearing her sunglasses.
He also notices her fork, slightly bent from her tight grip, and the untouched food that has grown cold beside her.