But wasn't Starlight involved with Hughie?
Even if their relationship wasn't that deep, surely she wouldn't fall for someone else this quickly?
No, wait!
Solomon suddenly realized that in the original story, Starlight and Hughie had gotten together after her speech at the Faith Expo, when they had fully opened up to each other.
But this time, Hughie had left the expo before the speech even began. He hadn't experienced anything that followed, and the two of them hadn't had a proper heart-to-heart.
Starlight's impression of Hughie was still at the stage of "liking him a little," but his asking her for a diamond admission pass just to meet Ezekiel had already made her mistakenly believe he had approached her with an ulterior motive, greatly diminishing her fondness for him.
On top of that, Homelander had taken his anger over Hughie out on her this time and nearly killed her. By now, Starlight already saw Hughie as a liar who had deliberately approached her with something to gain.
As for Solomon, although the two had barely interacted before, when death came for her, he had stepped forward, defied Homelander in front of everyone, and stood before her like a hero, saving her life.
To Starlight, that brief moment of salvation had already been etched deep into her heart.
Solomon's place in her heart had long since surpassed that of Hughie, that "liar."
When Solomon said nothing for a long while, Starlight couldn't help sneaking a glance up at him. Finding him staring straight at her, she blushed even harder and hurriedly lowered her head again, nervously twisting the hem of her clothes like a girl in love, shy and apprehensive.
At the sight, Solomon's scalp prickled, and he wailed inwardly.
I'm screwed! I'm screwed!
I accidentally cost Hughie his wife!