When There Is Nothing Left But Love

A few of them looked at me in confusion. “Are you constipated?”

No one but Nora was capable of making such a crass comment.

Rolling my eyes, I resumed my seat and replied, “I bumped into a friend that’s all.”

My reply seemed to have piqued her interests even more. “What friend? Is it a he or she?” Is he handsome?”

Oh dear…

Tessa’s gaze fell on me; her lips pursed with traces of disdain.

I lost my appetite after taking a few bites when Nora suggested a karaoke session on the second floor.

Everyone agreed to her suggestion. After all, they did promise themselves to play hard after returning home from Western Europe.

The second floor was full of private rooms for karaoke with a big pool hall in the middle. Customers who did not fancy singing karaoke could spend time playing pool out here. I regarded this to be a very thoughtful design.

I was terribly tone-deaf and could neither sing nor dance. Tessa seemed to view karaoke singing in the same light. But it could just be that she didn’t like it at all. For all that I knew, we both disliked the rowdy environment.

After spending some time in our private room, I excused myself to get some air.

to get out of her way so

but suspect something was wired wrongly for him tonight to subject

pool hall was now filled with a few men in groups and maybe two or three women

side and

a seat next to me. It took

night; thus I was a little taken by surprise when she sat down

from

me. Her gaze was

The man?

was referring to, I pursed my lips and hesitated for a brief moment before I answered

believe in letting go of grievances among people. I can

bewildered by her statement but chose

relationship remains as strained as it is. Since we hang out with the same group of people and are bound to gather every so often, we might as

with my eyebrow raised, still puzzled by her sudden change

my silence as disagreement and retorted, “There’s no need to be arrogant, it’s fine by me if you wish to

think sometimes you’re trapped in your own pre-conceptions. I don’t see you as

That means we’re friends!” she exclaimed while

few maneuvers before handing it back to me. “I’ve saved my phone number and added my WhatsApp to your phone. Let’s stay in