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.”

took a sip of

her pancakes before

“Are you full?”

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

mouth with a napkin, Yasmine quipped, “Do I look

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

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

Yasmine smiled.

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

a second’s delay. “I’ll

her, “I’ve arranged

Yasmine said, “I won’t be going to school

hair back and

Boyd could see it, but if Yasmine had already called

there was nothing

together, Yasmine acting

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

paper.”

pulled her close, kissing

Yasmine’s car drive away, Boyd headed to another

If

sweet-talk her.”

Serana stood there, a

was Yasmine who couldn’t let

driver beside her

to reality, took a deep breath,

lingered in Yasmine’s mind. She

always seemed to creep into her thoughts

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

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

such an exchange with Serana could only

unanswered, fading

the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

they had grown up together.

completely cut.

months of university, the students’ emotions began

were less boisterous, more silent than before, perhaps due

farewells, the pressure to

fear of an

some, like Yasmine and Boyd, these

had

with Bryson managing things, played

she could stay in school if she

the challenges weren’t too

hesitate to refuse, seemingly

at

her, except when it came

uneasy around Serana

and the near-death experience

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

but as time and

didn’t mesh.

Serana off. Her

displeasure was no longer

month had passed

afternoon, Boyd came to pick

the front passenger seat, but

towards the back seat for her. Boyd was already

and sat down, “Mr.

your own car

today. Got a dinner planned for

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