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King Salvatore.

“If someone told me that I would see you in this local restaurant, I would tell them it was a lie from hell. This is my grandmother’s shop!” Fiona says and I nod my head, trying to act like the news is quite surprising to me.

“Wow, that’s a surprise.” I say.

“Would you mind if I joined?” Fiona asks.

“Uh…”

“No…it’s too late. We were just leaving.” Lilas says and I’m surprised by her immediate response . It sounds like she is trying to gauge her feelings towards Fiona. She observes subtle cues, and chooses the opportunity to speak.

“Oh! Lilas, how are you?” Fiona says, as if she didn’t notice that Lilas has been in that seat the whole time she was talking to me. Lilas smiles cheekily. It’s not surprise to me that Fiona has had the biggest crush on me, it’s come to a point that she ……