Remi and Marc were at the corner of the room, having what appeared to be a one-sided discussion. One-sided because while Remi had her face buried in her phone, as always, Marc’s eyes longingly fixed on hers as he spoke.

Lisa had seen Marc and Remi together at her birthday party months ago and later asked her who he was. Remi couldn’t deny and say ‘no one’ as that would be a ridiculous lie, nor could she say he was her friend with benefit. Lisa would flip and want to know more. So she told her he was her boyfriend, and they were trying to keep what they had as...