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

pancakes before

“Are you full?”

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

with a napkin, Yasmine

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

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

Yasmine smiled.

eating, Yasmine’s phone rang. She answered

delay. “I’ll

watched her, “I’ve arranged

“I won’t be going to

hair back and exited

it, but if Yasmine had already

nothing more he could

Yasmine acting as

the car, she reminded

paper.”

pulled her close, kissing

away, Boyd headed to

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

sweet-talk her.”

stood there, a picture of sadness. She

was Yasmine who

driver

to reality, took a deep breath, and got into the

from Serana lingered in Yasmine’s mind.

always seemed to

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

pretty sure, given the context of their

exchange with

unanswered, fading

the issue too, rarely visiting

they had grown up together. The ties couldn’t

completely cut.

last few months of university, the

more silent than before, perhaps due

pressure to advance, embarking

of an uncertain

these concerns held little significance. In

focus had already

Bryson managing things, played the hands-off

stay in school if she

the challenges weren’t too great for

however, didn’t hesitate to refuse, seemingly without

at

fault her, except when it came to

uneasy around Serana since their reunion.

and the

She couldn’t deny Serana’s present self due to

forever, but as time and events proved, she and

didn’t mesh.

Serana off. Her intolerance grew day

was no longer

had passed since their “unpleasant”

to pick up Yasmine from

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

for her. Boyd

ducked in and sat down, “Mr. Boyd, you’re really stepping up your

your own

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

of playing

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