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"We're going for a movie tonight. If any of you forget, you won't be sleeping in the room tonight," Dario said, stabbing a single fry and lifting to his mouth. His actions threateningly but his smile adorable.

Kally eyes him from the corner of her eyes, feeling the weight of his warning while Ilay just stared at him, satisfied. He reached out to Dario with the hand on Kally to mess up his hair just for the fun of it and then watched Dario grow irritated.

"Argh, you two. I'm starting to feel like an outsider," Kally whined dramatically, oblivious to the people still seated at the table. She didn't care, Ilay didn't care, none of them did. After all, a genuine relationship could not be hidden from the world for long. And there was no law against a poly marriage, so why act cautious in public?

Ilay pinched her cheek playfully turning her head towards him. "Do I smell jealousy?"

Kally rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to curse him when he attacked it.
With countless eyes watching, Ilay kissed her with a heated passion that wasn't meant for public consumption, making it clear where he belonged and who owned him. He did not shy away from letting everyone present to witness his adoration for his temperamental wife. Feelings he still hadn't defined with only obsession clear amongst them.

Kally chuckled when they pulled away for air, forgetting about the man who had been chasing her all this while. But she also hoped that he would stop bothering her from now on if the rumors hadn't been enough.

"Are you getting hard now that we have such a huge crowd watching us?" she asked in a whisper.

"Why don't you check it yourself." Ilay grinned moving away fully, basking in the glory of the moment. He then glanced over at his other 'wife' who was busy stuffing his mouth with food and smiled more.
As he thought about the kind of gifts to buy his partners, an irritated white-haired female strode to their table.

Seeing her approaching, the other four souls occupying some of the seats quickly fled.
"What do you think you're doing?!" she demanded smacking the table angrily. "A student and a professor openly showing their affair to the rest of the school will earn it a bad reputation!" she scolded furiously, her dark eyes glaring at the three. "If you don't make it clear what is happening, I'll have the school kick you all out!"

Holding no anger, Ilay brought forward his left hand along with Kally's and Dario's, showing off the expensive rings gracing their fingers. "Does this answer your question, Diana?" His tone possessed some teasing just like the flicker in his eyes.

Dario placed his hand on Kally's and gazed up into Diana's eyes. "If you're here to cause trouble for our wife, you might need to rethink, little girl." There was no warmth in his voice like Ilay's. And the sour scowl he had on spoke his thoughts.
For some reason, Dario felt the need to protect Kally now that they had all accepted each other openly. There was no malice between his relationship with Kally as he had expected, and Ilay cherished her dearly.

Diana scoffed. "Your wife? Does she depend on men to get her where she wants to be? What a whore."

Kally's body stiffened.
Being insulted wasn't new since she came to Russia, but being insulted by a stranger who had no connection to either of them was more insulting.
She intended to spring up to defend her honor but Dario stopped her.
At this point, every student was invested to see where the drama would lead. The last time, Kally had gone berserk on Diana and the show had been spectacular.

"See, you can't even defend yourself."

Dario got up and then walked leisurely around the table to stand before the bundle of trouble that couldn't mind her damn business.
He inclined down to meet her eyes flashing a wicked grin. "You say you're the future Czarina, right? I dare you to call your fiance and ask him to come over and personally kick us out. Oh wait, you can't. You have already been rejected twice already." He then chuckled tauntingly, rubbing salt on her emotional wound.

Diana was left speechless while Dario straightened. He studied her face, which was a breath away from betraying her reality, before walking back to his seat.

Within half a minute, murmurs from the students filled the atmosphere as they wondered what Dario had said to Diana to make her appear this disturbed.
She remained frozen, knowing not what to do or what to say to maintain her ego.
The second professor, who had been spectating from a distance, stepped in, taking Diana's side. She pulled her in for a side hug to soothe her embarrassment with her scowling eyes on the three still seated.

"This is inappropriate! You three should see the-"

"Who are you?" Ilay interrupted her, his expression mocking and dismissive. He did not hide his condescending gaze as he looked at the woman who had been hiding amongst the students and waited till things escalated before she intervened.

"Who am I?" she scoffed annoyed. "I should be asking you that question. Where did the academy get such an unprofessional professor? You don't deserve this privilege."

"Oh? Then, what do I deserve?"

Still glaring, she answered, "To be kicked out for engaging a student in an inappropriate affair."

Feeling amused, Ilay got up. But instead of approaching them to confront them, he just sat on the table to annoy them.
Some students couldn't help but laugh at the crossed expression the female professor now had. Her blood was boiling with intense rage that couldn't be hidden by any part of her.

"Act like a grown-up! What kind of-"

"Look, woman. We just wanted to have our lunch in peace. Now, if you continue annoying us, you won't like how things end for you or any of your students. Especially if they keep picking on my wife."

She frowned along with Diana who still hadn't accepted that the statement was true.
"Wife?"

"Do I need to bring the certificate so you annoying ants can leave us the fuck alone?"
Kally immediately detected Ilay's anger. If this went on, his devil side might be unleashed in this very hall.
Not that she cared, but she wanted to graduate without any hiccups and achieve something by herself.

She wanted to get up to calm him when Dario stuffed her back down.

"Let him handle it," he said to her in a calm voice. "He won't make a mess of things, trust him."

"He's saying that to cover their disgusting behavior!" Diana shot from the protection of the professor. "He claims that all three are married to each other. Such an absurdity."

"Let me take care of this," she promised Diana before throwing her eyes down at Kally. "Are they threatening you? You can speak now with everyone listening. They won't lay a finger on you, I assure you."

Kally, who had wanted to wait until the party to reveal their true identities, felt there was no more need to wait. How could she just let them belittle her man while she could bring the entire roof crumbling on their heads and make them kneel?

"Do I look threatened?" she asked. "And what's absurd about our marriage? Do we need permission from the likes of you to be as happy as we like?"
She spoke getting up, moving her body to stand between Ilay's legs and wind her arms at his neck.

Her words and actions caused an outdoor of murmurs from the other students who were now on their feet and surrounding the scene.
"I'm married and happy," she let them know before pressing her lips on Ilay's and kissing him with the same depth he had kissed her with before.

Gasps flooded the hall from any eye that saw them. Even the professors who were now joining after being alerted couldn't help but stare in shock at the sight.