Fiancée Wipes Childhood Friend’s Mouth at Gathering

At a family gathering, my fiancée gently wiped her recently returned childhood friend’s mouth with a tissue right in front of me.

“Sorry about that. Clairy had always been this thoughtful.”

I nodded, then turned to her younger sister. I draped my jacket over her shoulders and fed her the shrimp I had just peeled.

“If she was so thoughtful, I could not fall short on courtesy either.”

Claire wiped Ryan’s mouth right in front of me.

Ryan looked me up and down with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

At the family dinner table, the atmosphere tightened into a brief, uneasy stillness.

I kept peeling the shrimp in my hand, as though none of it concerned me.

Ryan spoke first.

“Sorry, everyone. Please do not mind us. Clairy had always been this thoughtful.”

Who asked him. I almost laughed.

Ever since Claire and I got engaged, was I not the one doing all the accommodating. Thoughtful. That word did not suit her at all.

I finally understood when I looked at Ryan’s vaguely familiar features.

Claire tended to him gently, while he leaned in closer on purpose, lifting his gaze to me with open provocation.

I only found it childish and turned to Claire with a faint smile.

“Since she was so thoughtful, I could not fall short on courtesy either.”

I placed the shrimp I had just peeled onto Chloe’s plate, wiped my hands clean, then draped my jacket over her shoulders.

“Do not catch a chill, Chloe.”

My fiancée’s hand remained frozen in midair. The tissue crumpled slightly in her grip.

Ryan arched a brow. His gaze swept between Chloe and me as he put on a playful smile.

“Adrian is quite attentive,” Chloe replied sweetly, wrapping herself in my jacket.

“Claire always said I was clumsy. You are much more considerate.”

Claire’s expression shifted, yet she quickly forced a gentle smile. “Chloe had always been spoiled since she was little. Do not indulge her too much.”

I slowly peeled another shrimp, dipped it in sauce, and brought it to Chloe’s lips. “She is family. It is only right.”

Ryan let out a soft chuckle. “Looks like things really changed while I was abroad.”

He glanced meaningfully at Claire. “You used to hate people touching your things.”

Claire set her cutleries down with a sharp clack.

The engagement ring on her finger caught the light, glinting coldly.

“I will go check on the soup.” Her skirt swayed as she rose to her feet.

Chloe blinked innocently. “Is Claire mad.”

Ryan leaned back, studying me with a sharp gaze.

“Interesting. Is this your way of getting even.”

I wiped my hands and met his eyes.

“You came a long way. Of course we should treat you well.”

From outside the dining room, the clatter of dishes echoed. It sounded louder and heavier than usual.

Chloe leaned in quietly toward my ear. Her warm breath brushed against my neck.

“Adrian, playing with fire can burn you.”

I lowered