Marcus didn't utter any words of comfort. Instead, he simply handed her a few more tissues.

He had already sat down with her for about ten minutes, which was probably the most gentle thing he could do for a woman, unless the woman was Melissa, who was not just any woman to him. She was special.

After some time, he finally stood up and apologized again in a low voice.

Violette still felt sad, but she tried her best to hold back her tears. After all, Marcus had repeatedly made it very clear to her, had he not? So what was the point of pestering him again?

What really hurt Violette the most was that Marcus' nice and gentle treatment of her just now was also because of Melissa! If Melissa had not asked him to be nice to her, he probably would have behaved very differently.