I STIFFENED. "Why did you ask?" I asked, trying to avoid his gaze. My eyes fell on the maroon tie I was putting on his collar.

"I remembered what he told me when we had dinner. You two were friends even before we met. So how long have you been friends? Did he introduce us to each other?" 

"No." I refrained myself from taking a sharp breath. Damn. I wanted to slap the truth in his face right now. 

"But we've been friends for a couple of months before we met."

"When did you meet?" 

"In the New York Public Library." I noticed my hand was a little trembling as...