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,

half her pancakes before pushing the plate

“Are you full?”

“I don’t think you want to

with a napkin, Yasmine quipped,

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

the half-eaten sunny-side-up egg Yasmine

Yasmine smiled.

Yasmine’s phone

delay. “I’ll be

her, “I’ve arranged a

said, “I won’t

hair back and exited the dining

off. Boyd could see it, but if Yasmine had already

was nothing

Yasmine acting as if nothing

she reminded him,

paper.”

her close, kissing her forehead, “As

car drive away, Boyd

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

sweet-talk her.”

pulled away, Serana stood there, a picture of sadness.

was Yasmine who couldn’t let

driver beside her

took a deep breath, and got

words from Serana lingered in

to worry about it, but they always seemed to creep into her thoughts in

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

context of their conversation, it

such an exchange with Serana could only happen

remained unanswered, fading

avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

not absent. After all, they had grown up together. The

completely cut.

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

They were less boisterous, more

to advance, embarking

of an

like Yasmine and Boyd, these concerns held

focus had already

with Bryson managing things,

suggested she could stay in

weren’t too

to refuse, seemingly without ambition,

at

her, except when it came to

Serana since their reunion. She dismissed

just that—play, and the near-death

present

prejudices forever, but as time and events proved, she

didn’t mesh.

she couldn’t shake Serana off. Her intolerance grew day by

was

month had passed

came to pick up Yasmine from

seat, but the driver opened the door and

seat for her. Boyd was

down, “Mr. Boyd,

even driving your own car

drive today. Got a dinner planned

of playing

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