Boyd glanced at Serana, looked away, and followed Yasmine.

“What are you following me for?” Yasmine threw a fleeting glance at him, her

emotions barely flickering.

“Can’t we spend a little more time together since we rarely see each other?”

Yasmine let out a chuckle. “I’m in the middle of something pretty important, and

frankly, I don’t think you’re the kind of company I’m looking to keep right now.”

“So I didn’t ask your permission.”

Yasmine came to a halt. “You’ve become quite bold in the two months we

haven’t seen each other.”d2

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“What can I say? You’re a tough nut to crack, and it doesn’t leave me with many

options.”

Yasmine took a deep breath. “Look, Boyd, we used to be pretty tight, and I get

that a rare meeting warrants more time together, but I’m really tied up with

something crucial right now – and it’s a private matter.”

Her words couldn’t be more tactful.

“So, you and Ava have private matters that outsiders shouldn’t know about?”

The undertone of his question was clear: Are you and Ava hiding something

from everyone else?

As if she wasn’t entitled to her own secrets.

“Do you have a problem with that?”

Boyd watched her for a moment before speaking slowly, “I just think it’s a shame

that our relationship has become so strained over someone else.”

Yasmine raised an eyebrow and glanced at Serana, who was still standing

there, and snorted. “You’re actually asking me to let go of my grudge against

Serana, aren’t you?”

Boyd frowned. “Why do you have to bring her into this?”

“It’s my business to dislike her, and what happens between us is our business.

You’re the one dragging her into it, not me. On one hand, she’s a thorn in my

side, and on the other, you expect me to be kind to her no matter what.”

“Boyd, I’m just here to take care of some affairs, not to stir any trouble or

threaten Serana. So quit trying to sell me on her like a door-to-door salesman.

So what you’re saying is, whether our friendship survives hinges on whether I

accept Serana?”

until she finished venting. “Is it really that pleasant to

Instead of holding

let go and feel

it’s just for the

like I’ll be around all the

miserable.”

that, Yasmine turned and strode away, but Boyd’s

thought about why you

a reason to dislike

“Yes, you do.”

blocked her path, looking at her intently.

me. Because I

her arrival has divided my

her fists in her pockets,

she says is fine, as long

I’m wrong, then give me

took a deep

come here to be forced to

to think. Honestly, you and Serana are

Boyd, she left

In the director’s office.

expression was stern. “About Yasmine’s file, I

no trace

director nodded. “It’s all gone from

children…” Bryson rubbed

him. “I’ll keep a close eye on them. They

any contact with outsiders for a while. Kids

no special significance

exhaled deeply and stood up. “Thanks for your

selfish desire to celebrate her birthday would lead

questions, our lady might be in real

and I hope you…”

will, Mr. Winston, don’t worry. I’ve looked after Yasmine for over

safe. How could I do

nodded. “Thank you. And no one

right?”

head. “No one asking

too much, the director

child the one who leaked our

any harm. Kids don’t think that far

about to attribute malice to a nine-year-old. I just don’t want

to

vigilant on that

Bryson nodded gravely.

_

limits, and Yasmine’s icy jabs did sting, but

first. How much patience did

to salvage a friendship that she could dismiss

tactful, but now, even that was gone. Angered,

her.

return with a troubled

he approached, she walked up to

many can

he

lip, looking towards the school

the flowerbed and

up the hillside in

headed in the opposite direction, Serana’s voice called out

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