"Gracie, when you return to Frenda, there's something important I want to tell you."

Grace halted her movements, and her heart quickened its pace.

She raised her gaze, staring at Xander blankly.

After summoning some courage, she asked the question that had been on her mind. "Xander, is there something you've wanted to tell me but haven't had the chance to?" Xander was confused.

Time seemed to freeze as their eyes met at this moment.

Grace felt her heart pounding, as if it were about to burst out of her chest.

Xander moved his lips, about to say something, when, unexpectedly, a ringtone interrupted him.

Grace snapped back to reality, quickly averting her gaze. She looked at the blinking screen of her phone and said in a fluster, "Uh... I-I need to take this call."

and briskly left the dining room. Once at the corner, she leaned against the wall and vigorously patted her chest. "Grace, oh Grace, why are you so nervous?" Annoyed with herself, she hit her head a couple

her phone rang again, she

it take you so long to answer the phone?" Lydia's voice came through the

throat, masking her emotions, and asked,

you sound so calm. Are you still unaware

Grace was puzzled. "What?"

the Byte app and see

"What did you say? I'm

the phone, Lydia glanced at the top trending spot

"How did this happen?"

opened her Byte account. Despite having only a few followers last night, she had suddenly surpassed several hundred

Grace was dumbfounded.

posted a video of her meal with Xander,

circulating overnight, Grace's short video from last night had silently climbed to

positive cycle of sustained traffic on the short video platform. "What? How did this go viral?" Grace

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