Stefan squished Renee�s delicate and lovely face until she looked chubby. He found her heartachingly adorable like that.

�Okay,� he nodded with satisfaction. �You�re not an illusion. You�re really here.�

He then turned around and coldly ordered the young man who had been arguing with Renee. �Give her the microphone.�

The young man, intimidated by Stefan�s imposing aura, obediently handed over the microphone to Renee and quietly moved away from his seat to make space for her.

�What�s going on here?� asked Renee as the microphone was stuffed into her hands, looking befuddled.

�I remember hearing you sing,� Stefan plainly answered. �You sang beautifully. Sing for me again.�

Although he was totally plastered at the time, he could still vividly recall the song that Renee had sung a long time ago.

�A long, long time ago, you were mine, and I was yours.�

�A long, long time ago, you left me and soared into the sky��

Ironically, those lyrics from the past accurately described their reality. She had belonged to him back then, but he had now lost her. She was about to spread her wings, flying away into the big blue sky, far away from him.

Stefan selected the song and insisted that Renee sing, before kicking out all of the young men from the private lounge.

Only the two of them were left inside now.

The title of the song, �The Outside World,� appeared on the screen, and it began to play.

Stefan kept staring at Renee, his drunken face looking innocent and childlike.

�Go on,� he softly urged. �I want to hear you sing �

The rare, gentle side he was showing slightly entranced Renee. She remembered how he was exactly this gentle one night. when he was also drunk, how he gently murmured �I miss you,� to her.

She was overwhelmed by a convoluted compound of emotions.

Was this guy trying to seduce a naive woman like her with his old tricks again?

Renee pushed Stefan away and looked into his eyes, asking him, �Stefan, do you still remember what happened that night when you were drunk?�

Renee and Stefan were so close that they could feel each other�s breath. JrNovels.com