His voice was as low as night, but it was as if a thunderous explosion in the ear.

He did not lower his voice when saying so, so that everyone could hear it clearly.

In an instant, the surrounding voices rose up.

"I was hallucinating about it, right? I seem to have heard that Eddie wanted Monica to be his girlfriend?"

"I seem to have heard it too. What's going on, what about Ashley?"

"If I remember correctly, Eddie never admitted that Ashley was his girlfriend, ...