Serana bit her lip, silent.

Straightening up in her chair, Yasmine’s gaze grew colder. “You might not like

hearing this, but you knew what you were doing getting into this. So don’t play

the victim.”

Casting a glance at the sandwiches left on the table, Yasmine let out a sarcastic

chuckle. “To win a man’s heart, you gotta win his stomach first. Have you

managed that over all these years?”

The words were blunt, and any pretense of ignorance Serana had maintained

was now impossible to continue.

Enter title…

Perhaps Yasmine hit a particularly sore spot, Serana finally met Yasmine’s eyes.

“No one knows Boyd better than I do.”

Yasmine raised an eyebrow, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at

Serana with feigned interest, as if waiting for a sermon.d2

Serana didn’t disappoint, continuing, “Sure, you knew him before I did, but you

left his side for nine years. During those nine years, I was the one by his side.”

The expression on Yasmine’s face grew darker by several degrees. “Are you

bragging or giving me a friendly reminder of my place? That it’s about time I

stepped aside?”

Shaking her head, Serana clarified, “I’m not bragging, nor reminding you of

anything. I’m just laying out the facts to explain that I’ve grown up with him, I

know what he wants, and that’s why I’ve come to accept him being with you.”

Yasmine nodded, “It seems I should thank you for being so gracious about us

being together.”

“I know you must think I’m a fool, but if I…”

“What’s going on here?”

Boyd’s voice suddenly cut in, interrupting Serana. He placed a plate of spaghetti

in front of Yasmine. “You ordered it. You better eat it all.”

“But I didn’t say I wanted two eggs.”

“Just eat it.”

Boyd sat beside her, giving Serana a fleeting glance. “What were you two

talking about?”

Serana’s complexion paled slightly as she gently shook her head. “Nothing

important.”

Boyd turned to Yasmine, only to hear her say, “It’s not ‘nothing.’ I’m actually

quite curious about what you were about to say.”

of

only ate half her pancakes before pushing the

“Are you full?”

pulled the plate closer to himself. “I don’t think you want to hear that

her mouth with a napkin, Yasmine quipped,

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

the half-eaten sunny-side-up egg Yasmine had

Yasmine smiled.

finished eating, Yasmine’s phone rang. She answered the

delay. “I’ll be right

“I’ve arranged a

“I won’t be going to school

back and exited

see it, but if Yasmine had

there was nothing

together, Yasmine

she reminded him,

paper.”

kissing her

away, Boyd headed to another vehicle.

learn to talk to her, then talk less. If you piss her off, I’m the

sweet-talk her.”

Boyd’s car pulled away, Serana stood there, a

was Yasmine who

the driver

to reality, took a deep breath,

from Serana lingered in Yasmine’s mind. She told

but they always

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

pretty sure, given the context of their conversation, it wasn’t

such an exchange with Serana could

question remained unanswered, fading

seemed to avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

had grown

completely cut.

university, the students’ emotions began

were less boisterous, more silent than before, perhaps

to advance,

fear of an

like Yasmine and Boyd, these

had

things, played the

she could stay in school if she was

weren’t too great

however, didn’t hesitate to refuse, seemingly without

at

except when it came

Serana since their reunion. She dismissed

and the near-death experience as a

Serana’s present self due to past events

but as time and events proved, she

didn’t mesh.

somehow, she couldn’t shake Serana off. Her intolerance grew

displeasure was no

had passed since their

afternoon, Boyd came to pick up Yasmine from

passenger seat, but the driver opened the

the back seat for her. Boyd was

and sat down, “Mr. Boyd, you’re

even driving your own car

her hand, “Can’t drive today. Got a dinner planned for

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