“Can you stop hissing and tell what's going on with you?”

Maria said

“Okay, this story is about my friend”

I lied, I couldn't bring myself to tell her that it was me. She already disliked Cassian and telling her about it might spark mixed reactions from her.

“I thought I was your only friend”

“Don't get jealous yet, she's a distant cousin”

“So what about her?”

“She had this stepbrother who just confessed his feelings for her but she's scared that it might be another cell for her, because of the trauma she had to endure in her past”

“Oh I see”

“Do you have any idea what she...