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.”

a sip of her

half her pancakes before

“Are you full?”

himself. “I don’t think

a napkin, Yasmine quipped, “Do I look like

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

a bite of the half-eaten

Yasmine smiled.

phone rang. She answered

delay. “I’ll be

watched her, “I’ve

said, “I won’t be

brushed her hair back and exited

see it, but if Yasmine

was nothing more

Yasmine acting as if

car, she reminded him, “Don’t forget

paper.”

her close, kissing her forehead, “As

car drive away, Boyd headed to

to talk to her, then talk less. If you piss her off, I’m the one who has

sweet-talk her.”

Boyd’s car pulled away, Serana stood there, a

who couldn’t

Serana,” the driver beside her

snapped back to reality, took a deep breath, and

unfinished words from Serana lingered in Yasmine’s

it, but they always

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

context of their conversation, it

exchange with Serana could only

question remained unanswered, fading

avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

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

completely cut.

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

less boisterous, more silent than before, perhaps due

farewells, the pressure to advance, embarking on

or fear of an uncertain

these concerns held

had already

Bryson managing things, played the

stay in school

challenges weren’t too

hesitate to refuse,

at

her, except when

Serana since their reunion. She

as just that—play, and the near-death experience as a

She couldn’t deny Serana’s present

but as time and events proved, she and Serana

didn’t mesh.

off. Her

her displeasure was no

month had passed since their “unpleasant”

pick up Yasmine from school.

seat, but the driver opened

gesturing towards the back seat for her. Boyd

in and sat down, “Mr. Boyd, you’re

even driving your

hand, “Can’t drive today.

Tired of

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