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L I N D Y

“Lindy?”

“Hey.” I answered Milo as I began to walk heading to the café.

“You took long to answer," He tells me as he is waiting for my response. "Is there something wrong?” He asks me seriously as I hear him munching on some food.

“No, I am fine.” I reassured him as I forced a smile on my face. “I was talking to someone earlier that is why I was not able to answer right away. I am sorry for that.”

“Oh yeah?" He chimes, sounding curious.

"Yeah." I answered instantly. "It was not that important anyway." I shrugged it off so that he will not get suspicious over anything and will not be jealous.

He hums deeply under his throat before asking me, "Would you mind telling me who was it?"

"A schoolmate." I chirped.

"A schoolmate?" He parroted.

"Yeah, a schoolmate."

"That is nice." He compliments nonchalantly as he continues to sound like he is eating on something from the other line. I can hear him munching and crunching before he continues to question me, "How was your mornin