"On a serious note, if someone isn't taking you seriously, don't you need to think about what really is the problem?" asked Cloe. "Maybe you aren't doing a very good job at claiming ownership. Or maybe your boyfriend is giving someone mixed signals," she had an evil smile when she said that.
Xiang Wai didn't lose her temper this time. She was a fool but she still wasn't gonna fall for this trick.
"Or maybe, this 'someone' is a psycho!" said Xiang Wai. "And I think that's a lot more believable."
"Why? Why can't it be the other two reasons?" asked Cloe.
"If you have moral integrity, you'd know that once a man or a woman has a partner, that's a sign for you to back off. Whether they are a good match or not is their business. Not yours to try and come in between them. And if you're doing that, it just makes you a very cheap person."
"It seems you are still very sober."