Similar to Being Initiated Into a Club Except with Blood

"What kind of person could be capable of upsetting her more than me? I thought I still held the top spot for that."  The half-joke brought a brief small smile to Samuel's face. That was more like it! If only Jovani could keep that smile there for longer, it would make everything feel closer to normal than it currently did.

"I don't know the whole story but something to do with her past. I don't think I should give you the exact details as I don't think Lena would approve. I know it was bad enough that she wanted to kill him, not just think about wanting to do it." Samuel's expression fell as something flashed through his eyes. Dejection hmm?

Jovani couldn't quite understand how someone like Lena managed to impact him so much. She hardly seemed like the ideal fiancé. Yet, they'd somehow grown on each other to the point that his kid cousin would become like this. What a pitiful gloomy kid he'd become.