EMILY

After an hour of preparing dinner, we set out the table.

It was quite a lot, and it was getting late. I was scared all the food would go to waste if his friend and his friend's wife decided they couldn't make it again.

Just as I placed the cutleries beside the plates, Alex received a call from his friend that they had arrived, and he left to get them in.

"Hey! Emily!" Rose exclaimed in delight as she rushed to meet me. I didn't expect her to pull me in for a hug, so when she did, I didn't resist.

"It's nice to meet you again," she said...