Chapter 64: Friendly Rejections

"Thanks again, by the way," Aria said as she took a lick from her ice cream.

Cedric chuckled. "How many times have you thanked me already? I told you that it's fine. It looked like you were severely constipated while talking to those people, so I just felt like I had to help out."

Aria pouted.

Great!

She looked severely constipated in front of the man she likes.

"Who are those people, by the way?" he asked, leaning back on the bench.

"Oh," Aria said in a soft voice. "They're just my friends back in high school."

"Friends?" Cedric asked. "Are you sure they were your friends?"

"Yes? No? Maybe?" Aria responded. "I don't know, honestly. I called them my friends back then, but I never really felt like they were."

"Then they're not," he said. "You don't have to pretend right in front of me. I could already tell by the way they were speaking to you that they're not good people."

Aria sighed. "Yes. They're fucking awful," she finally let her guard down. "They made me the comedy r