, you're s

best friend, Shawn, forced a laugh and then flirtatiously ran a hand ov

asn't anything funny with what her best friend said. She a

y forgot. But what she didn't saw coming was how she had to endure sitting through the shamelessly obvious flirting of the woman and pretend as if she doesn't care at all—one of the many hurtful side effects of having one-sided feelings towards a man she'd known all

a stranger, to just overtly touch him inside this restaurant fu

clusively dating someone. When he told her he wanted to introduce her to someone, she never thought he would actually trap her as a third wheel on his date with

ctions anytime soon. The woman was not even hiding the hands that are now

? Hazel thought. She could not belie

t. But he looks like he does not even care at all. Was he enjoying it? Well, if that's the case, then it is al

r emotions, she was also not the one to decide who Shawn should be going out with. Sure, Shawn holds a

ppen eventually. That she'd see Shawn with another woman one day, and he'd even intr

hat night so she would have gotten herself a date and she did

's also that st

out a de

u okay,

him looking at her worriedly. Christine's attention shift

ed back at the

What's wrong?

stine got ahead of her. "Oh. I'm so sorr

. She's quick-wi

something crossed my

thought. Let the man think whatever he wants to think of now,

you been friends with Shawn?" She

her in their conversatio

he straw, obviously unbothered to answer. When she quickly lo

him. It's bad enough that I'm spending my Fr

Um, we've been friends since c

? You know, I used to worry about dating a guy with a female best f

. "That's very unlikely to happen to

bent between her fingers

one. The night is officially ruined for her anyw

one right now, Haze

k her head. "

tandards when it comes to guys she

ked deep in th

s again, bracing herself from walking out of

s like tonight, she wished she had not met him as her best friend. Mayb

ide of her quiv