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 her milk,

her pancakes before pushing the plate

“Are you full?”

don’t think you want to hear

Yasmine quipped, “Do I look

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

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

Yasmine smiled.

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

a second’s delay. “I’ll be

“I’ve

said, “I won’t be going to school

back and exited the

but if Yasmine had already called for

was nothing

the stairs together, Yasmine acting as

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

paper.”

her close, kissing her

Boyd headed to

her, then talk less. If you piss her

sweet-talk her.”

car pulled away, Serana stood there, a

who couldn’t let

Serana,” the driver beside her prompted

took a deep breath, and got

from Serana lingered

to worry about it, but they always seemed to creep

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

was pretty sure, given the context

an exchange with

unanswered, fading

to avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

they had grown up together. The

completely cut.

few months of university, the students’ emotions began to

boisterous, more silent than before, perhaps due

farewells, the pressure to

of

Boyd, these concerns held little significance. In

focus had

things, played the hands-off

Bryson even suggested she could stay in school if

weren’t too great

hesitate to refuse,

Bryson at

except when it came

felt uneasy around Serana since their reunion. She

just that—play, and

far. She couldn’t deny Serana’s present self due to past events

forever, but as time and events proved, she and

didn’t mesh.

she couldn’t shake Serana off. Her intolerance

displeasure was no

passed since

afternoon, Boyd came to pick up Yasmine from

seat, but the driver

back seat for her. Boyd was

in and sat down, “Mr.

driving your

her hand, “Can’t drive today. Got a

Tired of

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