Chapter 24: Room

Josh Rain Montez

"Oh, that's Rica!" Patty happily said beside me. "Oh? Yannie?!" she added before walking towards Sissy. Yannie blinked and quickly averted her gaze from me. "Happy birthday, Rics!" Patty greeted Sissy joyfully, and they embraced.

"Good thing Josh brought you here safely," Sissy commented, shooting me a glance.

"Of course, Josh is always careful when he drives with us," Patty said, then turned her gaze to Yannie. "Hi, Yannie! Glad to see you here!"

"Hello," Yannie replied simply to Patty.

"Bro! She has the same name as your former textmate, that Yannie!" Byron approached and whispered to me.

"Stupid! That's her," Ramil retorted to Byron.

"Really?"

"Let's go inside!" Sissy invited everyone, holding Yannie's hand. Before pulling her away, she gave me a sharp look as if warning me not to cause any trouble with her friend.

In the end, I just scratched my head as they all went inside.

"You didn't know she was coming?" Ramil asked me.

"No," I simply replied.

"So,