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"You guys, stop treating Ethan like that. It's my fault, okay? Also, I cried not because he hurt me or anything of the sort. It's because I am so ashamed of my actions." Letting out a deep sigh, Lexi could not let this situation get out of hand any more.

Currently, they were inside Rika Song's van, which her manager switched to the car she used last night. She already planned to drag her friends along with her today. 

"Bestie, I don't know what you did, but that doesn't mean it's okay for him to be violent towards you." Rolling her eyes, Rika Song argued as she crossed her arms under her chest. Her statement made Elliot Gong and Jarred Guo from the front passenger seat nod their heads.

"For the record, this is the first time Ethan disappointed me. I like him and root for him but well, I don't want to hear that my friend will be a battered wife in the future." Rika Song added with a heavy sighed.