"Michy gifted the phone strap to someone? Who is that person?" Trissa questioned in panic after hearing CM whisper about how Michy gave the other phone strap to another person.
She wasn't blind, and she could see how Michy kept staring at the primrose phone straps before the idol decided to buy them. Michy bought the phone straps on their first date, but Michy didn't seem to think about her when he longingly stared at the phone straps.
Michy was thinking about another person, and that person was not her.
Trissa was not stupid, but she just pretended as if she didn't see anything. She just pretended as if she didn't know that Michy was treasuring someone else in his heart.
CM could see how Trissa suddenly fell quiet after the long-haired girl uttered the last questions, and she could see that the girl was in desperation now. Jealousy and insecurity attacked the girl, but CM believed that the girl didn't deserve to feel jealous because Michy wasn't really hers.
CM knew that her cousin just forced himself into the relationship with Trissa, and she also knew that her cousin loved someone else. She even knew who the person was.
That was why CM decided to 'bully' the girl because the girl dared to ruin her 'ship.' No one knew that CM was such a hardcore fujoshi, and she wouldn't let anyone sink her ship.
And on top of that, she also wanted to see her cousin feel the real happiness in her heart.
'Even if Azren could be so dumb sometimes, he is still better than this useless girl,' CM thought as she smirked at the pitiful girl.
CM looked like a villain who bullied the poor girl, but she didn't care about that. She was about to say something to offend the girl more, but she had to pause herself because the door to the dressing room suddenly opened from the outside, revealing the shiny silver head that carefully moved toward the two girls.
Behind the silver-haired boy was the blonde, but they didn't talk to each other even if they came together to the dressing room.
Seeing how her ship was sailing, CM secretly smiled. She even held back her screams when he noticed the disheveled look on her cousin. 'What did they do before they came together to this room?' She wondered as she bit her lips to suppress her squeal.
"Where's Felice? I want to talk to her," Michy asked the question to CM, and the latter shook her head to brush off the not-so-innocent thoughts in her head before getting up from her seat.
Trissa, who saw her boyfriend came back to the room, smiled widely before getting up as well.
Trissa seemed to be waiting for her boyfriend to notice her, but the said boyfriend paid no heed to her. Instead, Michy seemed to be in a bad mood as he scowled all the time. 'Something was not right with Michy, but what's that something?' She wondered inwardly as she observed Michy's appearance.
"I'm here!" Another voice filled the room, and they found a pink-haired girl walking towards them. "What do you want to talk about with me, Mich―oh, gosh! What's wrong with your makeup? I thought you were done with your makeup, but what is it? The makeup on your cheeks is a mess, and even the nude lipstick smeared all over the place!"
Felice was suddenly enraged the moment she saw Michy's face, and she continued to grumble when she how messy Michy's outfit was. She then urged the stylist to redo Michy's makeup and also to repair the messy outfit.
The female manager was busy scolding the male idol, but both CM and Trissa seemed to be focusing on something else. Felice assumed that Michy was not careful enough so his makeup and his clothes ended up ruining, but the two girls had a different idea.
CM looked so proud because it was not only her hallucination that her cousin indeed looked messy. Felice could see the ragged appearance too, and it felt like confirming her suspicion about what happened to Michy earlier.
The female idol then observed the appearance of her cousin's assistant, and she noticed how the blonde had his lips swollen, and his clothes were messy as well.
Secretly confirming her theory, CM smirked before leaning towards the long-haired girl next to her and whispered to the girl's ear, "You are not stupid, so you can guess what happened to your boyfriend when he was outside, right?"
Hearing the question, Trissa looked up at CM and gazed at the taller girl with her questioning gaze. However, the taller girl just shifted her gaze towards another person in the room as a signal that Trissa had to look at the person too.
Trissa caught the signal, and she drew her gaze towards the person. She flinched when she found a blonde man who seemed to be in a daze while staring at the blue-eyed idol with his longing eyes. And when she observed the man's appearance carefully, she finally could understand the meaning of CM's words.
Turning her head to CM again, Trissa looked like she wanted to say something, but she couldn't bring herself to do that because her heart suddenly felt so heavy. In the end, she just let her teary eyes stare at the taller girl without saying anything.
"You don't look well, Miss Fletcher," CM suddenly spoke again, no longer in a whisper as if letting the other people in the room hear what she just said. "Maybe you can just go home so you can have some rest. If you faint here, then you will just become a burden to your boyfriend."
CM deliberately emphasized the word 'boyfriend' as if she wanted to offend Trissa even more, and perhaps that was her real purpose because the long-haired girl was now looking back at her while gritting her teeth to suppress her anger.
CM thought that she had won the battle against Michy's girlfriend, but someone suddenly spoke to dash her hope.
"No."
It was just one word from Michy, but both CM and Trissa simultaneously turned to the boy.
Getting the attention of the people, Michy continued, "Trissa can't go home now because she has to appear on the stage later."
Not only did CM and Trissa look shocked, but Felice and Azren looked surprised as well.
"What do you mean, Michy? Do you want to make another gimmick with Trissa again on your showcase? Do you think that's necessary?" Felice was the one who questioned the male idol immediately.
"It's not my idea," the male idol replied calmly. "It's my uncle's idea. He called me and said that we should take this opportunity to show that my relationship with Trissa is real not only a gimmick. He said that many people out there still see my relationship with Trissa as a screenplay, and he wanted me to have Trissa come to the stage as a surprise guest today to show that I'm indeed in love with her."
CM was fuming when she heard the idol's explanation. "My father is the one who came up with that stupid idea? I can't agree with the idea, and I'll call my father so that he will cancel this stupid idea!"
CM was about to walk over to her backpack to take her phone, but Michy's words stop her.
"That's not a stupid idea, Carmen. I indeed need to prove that my relationship with Trissa is real. I need to do it because my career should be my top priority, right?" Michy questioned his cousin, but from the reflection of the mirror, he glanced at Azren when he uttered his last sentence.
Azren noticed the glance, but he didn't say anything. He knew that Michy was still angry at him, and what the idol said just now was like a touch of sarcasm to respond to his words earlier.
He and Michy didn't talk to each other ever since they came out of the restroom, and Azren knew that Michy was still upset because of his rejection earlier.
"So," someone suddenly spoke up, and it was Trissa this time. "I only need to pretend to surprise you by coming up to the stage, right, Michy? You don't have to worry because I will do that."
Trissa dared to make a decision even if CM kept glaring at her, and she could also notice how the blonde man was staring at her with his fierce gaze too.
Trissa was not blind, and she wasn't stupid either. However, she would seize every opportunity to be able to stay close with Michy. She would win Michy's heart no matter what.
Still having her gaze on the blonde, Trissa smirked as she spoke in her heart, 'You are a man, and I'm a woman. I'm the one who deserves to be Michy's partner, and you have to stay in the dark forever even if Michy loves you. You won't be able to snatch Michy away from me.'