Sanford raised his eyebrows in slight confusion. He turned to Millie and asked her to wait for him in their private room with the rest of their party. Then he followed after Rosalynn.

“Rosalynn, are you here by yourself, or is Brian with you? If Brian came with you, maybe we can have dinner together."

Rosalynn was in the middle of choosing some shellfish. When she heard his voice coming from beside her, her face instantly darkened.

“Sorry. I would rather not eat with a shameless bastard."

Sanford almost choked at her words.

"Uh, are you talking about me or Brian?"

“Do you honestly think there's a difference between the two of you?"

Sanford studied her expression with narrowed eyes, and finally realized that she harbored a genuine animosity toward him.

“Are you trying to speak up for Maggie? Are you blaming me for dumping her? I know that I am a bastard, Rosalynn, but Maggie is not a saint, either!"

Rosalynn was stunned by Sanford's words.

“What are you talking about? Are you saying that Maggie betrayed you?"

Sanford's upper lip curled in disdain.

"Oh, didn't she tell you? She flirted with another man while she was still with me."

Rosalynn was aghast. Was he really implying that Maggie went out with two men at the same time?

“That's impossible. Maggie is not that kind of person."

Sanford snorted and rolled his eyes.

“You two are merely colleagues. How well do you think you know her?"

That was true enough. But even though they weren't that close, Rosalynn's instincts told her that Maggie would never do something like that.

She opened her mouth to defend Maggie, but Sanford wasn't interested in continuing the conversation. He turned on his heel and left abruptly Rosalynn finished her business and walked back to their private room.

She noticed Maggie hard at work as she passed by a newly vacated room.

Thinking back to what Sanford had said, Rosalynn couldn't help but pull her friend aside.

"I just ran into Sanford. Maggie, he claims that you flirted with someone else while you were still together. Now, I don't think you would do that at all. Was it all just a misunderstanding?"