**CHERYL**

Work throughout that week later turned out to be such a dreadful experience.

People were hell-bent on finding out who the mysterious girlfriend was and I in turn was desperately trying not to let the cat out of the bag.

Ellie and Mia were the most persistent as they were convinced that I knew something but was keeping mum.

Ha! If only they knew.

My phone beeped with a new message and my heart skipped a beat when I saw it was Damien.

I bit into my lower lip and immediately deleted the message without even bothering to read it.

This has been our daily routine ever since those...