As soon as we arrived at Luna's doorstep, a bunch of roses suddenly fell from the door frame, catching Lara and me off guard.
Before we could react, Austin jumped out from the corner.
"Flowers match beautiful women! Welcome, Lara."
The atmosphere became tense, and everyone was secretly observing my expression.
They all knew that I loved Lara so deeply, so I definitely couldn't tolerate someone who sent roses to her in such a way.
But I just sat down in my seat under their gazes.
"Why isn't anyone sitting?"
Lara threw the roses aside and ran towards me.
"Danny, don't take it seriously. I'm just too close to Austin. He doesn't mean anything. He just wants to surprise me!"
"She's right, Danny. We used to mess around like this all the time. You didn't know, and that's all. It's just the interaction between friends!"
Austin's words "used to", "all the time", and "you didn't know" caught my attention. I knew what he was trying to do.
He wouldn't miss any opportunity to sow discord between me and Lara.
His tricks were so lame. He better kept them to himself.
During the meal, Austin kept putting food on Lara's plate.
"Lara, it's the braised pork you like. Have some more..."