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

only ate half her pancakes before pushing the

“Are you full?”

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

Yasmine

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

of the

Yasmine smiled.

eating, Yasmine’s phone rang.

delay. “I’ll be

her, “I’ve arranged a

won’t

back

off. Boyd could see it, but if Yasmine

was nothing more

Yasmine acting as if nothing

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

paper.”

pulled her close, kissing her forehead, “As

drive away, Boyd

to her, then talk less. If

sweet-talk her.”

car pulled away, Serana stood there, a

Yasmine who couldn’t

driver

a deep breath, and got into the

words from Serana lingered in Yasmine’s mind. She told

always seemed to creep into her thoughts in

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

sure, given the context of

exchange with Serana could

unanswered, fading over

seemed to avoid the issue too,

not absent. After all, they had

completely cut.

the last few months of university, the

boisterous, more

farewells, the pressure to

or fear of

and Boyd, these concerns

focus had already

with Bryson managing things,

suggested she could stay in

challenges weren’t

however, didn’t hesitate to refuse, seemingly without

at

her, except when it came to

uneasy around Serana since their reunion.

and the

She couldn’t deny Serana’s present

forever, but as time and events proved, she and

didn’t mesh.

Serana off. Her intolerance grew

was no

passed since their “unpleasant”

came to pick up Yasmine from school. She

for the front passenger seat, but

for

down, “Mr. Boyd, you’re really stepping up

your

today. Got a dinner

Tired of

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