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.”

sip of

pancakes before pushing the plate towards

“Are you full?”

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

mouth with a napkin, Yasmine quipped,

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

took a bite of the half-eaten sunny-side-up egg Yasmine

Yasmine smiled.

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

a second’s delay. “I’ll be right

“I’ve arranged

said, “I won’t be

hair back and exited the dining

Boyd could see it, but if

nothing

together, Yasmine acting as if nothing

into the car, she reminded him, “Don’t forget about the

paper.”

pulled her close, kissing

Yasmine’s car drive away, Boyd headed to another vehicle. “If

her, then talk less. If you piss her off,

sweet-talk her.”

car pulled away, Serana stood

was Yasmine who

the driver

took a deep breath, and got into the

lingered in Yasmine’s mind.

but they always seemed to creep into her thoughts

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

given the context of

with Serana

unanswered, fading over

avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s home

they had grown

completely cut.

the last few months of university, the students’ emotions began

more silent than before, perhaps due

pressure to

fear of an

some, like Yasmine and Boyd, these concerns held little significance. In

had

Bryson managing things, played the

Bryson even suggested she could stay

weren’t

to

Bryson at a

couldn’t fault her, except when it

felt uneasy around Serana since their reunion. She dismissed

that—play, and

couldn’t deny Serana’s present

time

didn’t mesh.

Serana off. Her intolerance grew day

was no

passed since their “unpleasant”

to pick up Yasmine from school.

for the front passenger seat, but the driver opened the door

seat for her. Boyd was already sitting

in and sat down, “Mr. Boyd,

driving your own

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

of playing

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