Out of the corner of his eye, Shawn watched Aurum walk away before he slowly released Gale. He even wiped away the drool at the corner of her mouth.

“This is so embarrassing. How am I supposed to face people now?” Gale buried her face in his chest. “So many people saw it!”

“So what if they saw? I'm kissing my wife; it's perfectly natural,” Shawn said.

“It's not prudent to do it in public.”

Shawn replied calmly, “What's the harm? What's so bad about it? If someone wants to kiss someone but doesn't have anyone, I'm just making single people envious."

Gale burst out laughing. Just then, her phone rang. She thought it was Shawn's and said, “See, you're playing hooky from work, and now Fiona is calling... I really feel sorry for Fiona. Being the assistant to the president is such a tough job.”

“It’s your phone, Galey.”

“What?!”

Gale checked and saw it was indeed her phone ringing, and the call was from Ivy. She answered immediately, “Hello, Ivy.”

“Gale, are you free tonight?” Ivy a