C89 Who is this new man in her life?

"The day didn't go as I wished. Earnest didn't introduce me to the crowd as his girlfriend,” I muttered to myself upon waking up with a strong pain in my head. “I was expecting him to say it loud that I'm his girlfriend. Before I knew what happened yesterday, those attention-seeker girls landed a hot slap on my cheek, which made me start fighting them. The dinner party just ended like that