Friends

"Can we talk about it later in our room?" Belle said with her best smile, and it did work on Alaric. He was mesmerized by her beautiful smile. Her smile flutters something inside him.

"Ok." Alaric instantly looked down, afraid of doing something which he will regret.

"Thank you." Belle chirped happily and added more pasta to his plate.

Gil looked between Alaric and Belle, who were acting all sweet and lovely. He cleared his throat to gain their attention.

"I am not a big fan of PDA, but it's fine if you want to show off in front of me." Gil winked mischievously towards his brother. Alaric shot him a deathly glare before wiping his mouth with the napkin.

"Dumb, this is not PDA. This is what we call honey trap." Belle leaned closer to Gil and whispered in his ear. Although Alaric's eyes were on his phone, his attention was on Belle, and Gil who was talking as if they were best friends.

"All the best. My cold brother is not easy to be tra