"After all that's been said, this is the real deal, isn't it, Moira?"

Indeed, as longtime friends, Juliet knew Moira well.

Moira sighed softly. "I guess I'm just afraid of history repeating itself."

All her courage to initiate anything had been invested in Alfie. It had been quite a feat to pull away.

Now, she was grateful that she still had the capacity to like someone else, and she genuinely did like someone new.

But once again, she was the one who fell first, and she was quite fearful of ending up in the same situation.

Juliet understood that Moira hadn't completely recovered from the hurt of her previous relationship. She just didn't talk about it usually, so Juliet didn't pry.

Now that Moira had inadvertently revealed her heart, Juliet, as a friend, felt both compassion and helplessness.

"To be honest, haven't you ever considered that Barclay might like you too?"

Moira was in the middle of ordering when she heard Juliet's words, and she almost dropped the menu in surprise.

"Don't joke like that."

Juliet chuckled. "Moira, you're too hard on yourself."

the menu back to Juliet.

just wasn't the type to

you mean

think Barclay is capable of having a

before shaking her head. "You're right, Moira. It

lightly. "Well, I

"Well, guess what?"

can still

as she finished speaking. It was

her tongue. "Is that all you dream about?

indeed bold and

there were activities everywhere. After having a casual

had

reservation at a well-known

for a table, the service was slow. By the time

go to a bar later to check out some hot guys, it was mostly a joke. If Juliet actually went, she'd probably

they went to a music

of Valentine's Day, the place was quite crowded, and the ambiance was much better than a regular bar. A resident singer was strumming the guitar and singing folk songs, the music

soda and sat with Juliet, listening to

it was Valentine's Day, the bar had a special activity where every half hour, they randomly selected a gentleman and a lady to come up on stage e and exchange WhatsApp numbers. If they were willing, their billwould be waived, but

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