Dean finally came to his senses from his madness.
He looked down at his hands. Hearing what I said, he realized what he had done.
"Janice, no, I..."
He reached out to me.
Looking "worried", I shrank my neck, and the teacher quickly comforted me.
"Janice, we will definitely make things right for you."
I nodded and carefully avoided Dean.
My cautious look made many classmates wonder.
I was always proud, but now, I looked so frightened.
They blamed Dean.
I followed the teacher, sobbing softly while saying, "I told him that we are engaged after all, so he should keep his distance from Abby.
"I just finished speaking, and he went crazy. He threatened to kill me."
I wiped away my tears and cried even more sadly. "I know Abby likes him, but she also knows we're engaged. But she..."
The surrounding classmates whispered to each other.
"I hate people who know that others are engaged but still get involved."
"Abby looks gentle and weak, but I didn't expect her to be so scheming. Those who have boyfriends should be careful. Don't let her get her way."
I listened to their words and smiled imperceptibly.
Dean liked to use the underdog theory to manipulate public opinion. He thought the weak were always right.
I could use the theory, too.
And I could use it in an even nastier way.
In a short while, "Abby is the other woman" became the trending topic on the campus forum.
The picture of me crying quietly in the office was also secretly taken and posted.
[Is this Janice? Why is she crying so miserably?]
[What do you think? Because of that jerk Dean.]
[I saw the whole thing. Dean is a monster. He actually grabbed Janice by the neck. Don't they have an engagement?]
[Dean is a scumbag.]
I wiped away my "tears" and tried to stay calm, but my voice still sounded choked up. "I want to call my dad. I want to cancel the engagement."
Dean stood by, looking like he really wanted me to shut up.
The teacher in the office was even more furious when he saw Dean like this.
He was really a scumbag.
"Janice, don't be unreasonable. Abby and I are not what you think.
"Our engagement is a business alliance, involving some matters of the two families' businesses. It can't be dissolved just because you want to."
I continued to cry. "Then I'll ask my dad to get me a new fiancé."
I was locked up in the mental hospital.
Since then, I had heard a lot about Dean from those doctors.