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Sarah snatched the ring from Bruce's hand and put it on her own. “Can you stop bothering Bruce?” I was confused. What did she mean by “bothering Bruce”? He was the one who planned this whole play. I had no interest in playing along. “Ask your Doctor Bruce who’s bothering whom? “Even if he put a knife to my throat tonight, I wouldn’t agree to his proposal. You may want him, but I don’t.” Bruce’s face turned so dark it looked like it was about to drip ink after I said that. My parents and his parents sensed the tension in the air and asked what was going on. Why were we causing a scene out of nowhere? “Auntie and Uncle, I’m Bruce’s new girlfriend. Rose is shameless. She took advantage of the fact that we’ve been having some issues lately to seduce Bruce.” Both sets of parents were taken aback and blurted out, “You broke up? When did that happen?” I was about to confess, but Bruce beat me to it: “Dad, Mom, I'm telling you now—Rose and I did break up. Sarah has been by my s