CLAIRE’s P.O.V.“So... Who’s Gabriel?” he asked, looking at me while patting a bag of ice on my cheek.“Do we really need to talk about this right now?”“It’s fine if you don’t wanna answer my question. I’m just... Curious.”“Why are you so curious about it, anyway?”“Hmm... Just look at what happened, Claire. If only I knew about this earlier, we could have avoided that scenario at the office.”“It’s your fault. You didn’t tell me that you’re engaged to Kate. You should have told me that at the first place.”“Okay... I’m sorry. I just didn’t know that you two have already met before.”“She’s my high school bestfriend...”“So what’s the story between you two? I’m badly curious about it. Don’t you think I deserves to know the truth after w

CLAIRE’s P.O.V.“Knock-knock!”        Alexa and I turned our gazed at the door, where a man is currently standing while looking at us. He grinned before waving a tons of shopping bags at our faces.“Darren... You’re here... Again.”“Looks like you don’t want me to be here.”“Well, if Claire doesn’t want you to be here, then you can visit me. I would like you to be always here in our hospital room,” Alexa stated as she run towards him.“Hey... I bought something for you,” Darren smiled widely at her before giving her almost half of the bags he had.        Alexa happily took it all before thanking him. She opened the bags and surprise was all over her face. It was full of branded clothes, chocolates, toys, and more. I could see the happiness in her eyes.“Thank you so much, Darren!” She hugged

CLAIRE’s P.O.V.        I was dumbfounded when I saw Darren inside of the teacher’s lounge. I am supposed to be packing my things up right now so that I can go home early. But I couldn’t, because he was sleeping peacefully at my chair and I didn’t wanna ruin this beautiful view.“I don’t know why I keep holding on to this stupid deal... But I know one thing’s for sure... I don’t want to end this set up of ours... Not yet...”        After I whispered those words, I saw him slowly opened his eyes.“Hey,” he greeted me with a smile.“What do you think you’re doing here, Mr. Herrera?” I questioned him.        He chuckled before getting up into a sitting position.“What’s with the attitude?” he asked, confused.        I rolled my eyes on him before gr

CLAIRE’s P.O.V.        Although I already knew he’s coming, I’m still shocked when I saw his face again. After all these years. I finally meet the man whom I entrusted my bestfriend’s heart, but ended up liking me. The reason why everything about me and Kate faded away. The reason behind why my previous friend loathed me the most.“Are you alright?” Darren asked, looking worried at me.“Y-yeah.”“Are you sure? You look stunned. I could take you home if you wanted.”“No, no. I’m fine. As if I’m still affected by the past. Don’t worry, Darren. I can handle this. And besides, Kate is here. I highly doubt that Gabriel could even talk to me.”“You sound disappointed.”“I am not!” I answered too quickly.        Darren averted his gaze towards the stage. I saw him sent death raging

CLAIRE’s P.O.V.        We decided to use Darren’s car instead of Kate’s. This is my first time going on a date with a third wheel. How can my old bestfriend endure all of this painful scenes? Does she really that good at keeping her feelings hidden?“So, where should we go?” Kate asked curiously.“I’ll bring my wife to a special place.”        Darren reached and held my left hand. His other hand is still focus on the wheel. Though he didn’t look at my direction, I felt him squeezed my hand.“Where are we going exactly, Darren?” I asked, not wanting to waste another moment to find out the place. It was like he’s the one asking for the same exact question earlier and now I’m the one drowning myself into curiosity.          He didn’t answer. He just gave a small kiss on the back of my hand he is