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

ate half her pancakes before pushing the

“Are you full?”

“I don’t think you want

her mouth with a napkin, Yasmine

forces others?”

“I’m not full.”

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

Yasmine smiled.

phone rang. She answered the

a second’s delay.

her, “I’ve arranged

“I won’t be going to school

her hair back and exited

could see it, but if Yasmine had

was nothing more he

the stairs together, Yasmine acting as if nothing had

getting into the car, she reminded

paper.”

kissing her forehead, “As

car drive away, Boyd

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

sweet-talk her.”

Boyd’s car pulled away, Serana stood there, a picture of sadness. She

who

Serana,” the driver beside her prompted

reality, took a deep breath, and got into the

lingered in Yasmine’s mind. She told

it, but they always seemed to creep into

moments.

But what if…

What if what?

sure, given the context of their conversation,

such an exchange with Serana could only happen

unanswered,

seemed to avoid the issue too, rarely visiting Boyd’s

After all, they had grown up together. The ties couldn’t

completely cut.

last few months of university, the students’

were less boisterous, more silent than

the pressure to advance, embarking on

or fear of an uncertain

these concerns held little significance.

had

things, played the hands-off boss

Bryson even suggested she could stay in school if she was

the challenges weren’t too

hesitate to refuse, seemingly

at a

her, except when it came to

felt uneasy around Serana since their reunion. She dismissed

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

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

forever, but as time and

didn’t mesh.

Serana off. Her intolerance grew day

displeasure was no longer

had passed since their “unpleasant”

pick

the front passenger seat, but the driver opened

for her.

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

your own car

drive today.

of playing

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