Diane’s P.O.V. Oh my God, wait! Should I tell Lorenz about Karen’s real feelings for him or just let their fates bring them back together? Karen wasn’t actually a man-hater. She just felt suffocated about how men controlled her life. Her father, her uncle, her cousins, and every part of their clan were all men. It prompted her to decide to stay here away from them. But could that be a reason why she was crying last night after going back to her hometown? I hoped not. Going back to our second-year college life, she divulged to me that Lorenz was her biggest crush from the opposite private university, and when he sat beside her, she tried so hard not to squeal her real feelings. She pretended to be a man-hater still. It was almost a week when Lorenz approached us, and when he opened his mouth to ask Karen a question, all of my friend’s hopes vanished in

Diane’s P.O.V. Then, Leandro scoffed. “You two were impossible! See the effect of answering him in just two days? You don’t even know him. And you’re going steady with how many months for now? Seven months? You’re kidding me!” He was clearly insulting me, and that made me want to be swallowed by the ground. Why am I being stupid in front of Leandro? Damn him! Now I realized that I didn’t even know Liam’s exact office because I was seriously working here. Liam and I rarely saw each other here in EGC. We used to chat, but because of my request of keeping our relationship here a secret, we never shared our lunch. Liam would just ask someone to deliver me something in the office, may it be flowers, chocolates, or food, under his codename, Mr. Handsome. Then, my workmates would just scream on top of their lungs while teasing me who

Leandro’s P.O.V. “Daya—nara. Yeah, it was a certain Dayanara. Dayanara Clariz, to be exact—” Steve intoxicatedly confirmed before he finally slept in front of me. I wanted him to spill the beans, but I didn’t know that he would drop a grenade instead.  Wait, what! Did I hear it right? Did he really say Diane’s real name? Was it clearly Dayanara Clariz or my ears were just fooling me? “Bro, wake up! Damn it, hey!” I almost pleaded. I tried to slap Steve’s face hard enough to wake him up, but he was really drunk. If only I could punch his face here, I would have done that. But I had no other choice but to let go of him now because it looked like he was drowned in a stupor and would never wake up. “Holy crap!” My whole body was trembling right now. Suddenly, I became weak while ho

Liam’s P.O.V. We were already inside the elevator, but it seemed like the silence trailed us here. I wasn’t speaking, and neither Diane, but I could see from the corner of my left eye that she was glancing at me from time to time. But could I blame myself for feeling like this? Diane was the one who wanted not to let people here know what was going on between the two of us, despite the fact that I wanted to shout to the whole world that she had already been my girlfriend. I wanted to brag about her, but even before I could start doing it, she already requested to keep our relationship a secret. And could I blame other men with their possible motives? They were just men who couldn’t stop themselves from liking women. Knowing Diane’s pretense to be single, it was likely that someone else would court her. It was a good thing that they were all women in Finance Department, but I shoul

Liam’s P.O.V. “Oh my God, Liam! I didn’t know you were this kind of jealous, huh? It’s nothing! It was actually Lorenz, remember him? He’s our gay best friend, and I just found out earlier that he was indeed a real man. I couldn’t believe it. I was so shocked!” Diane’s eyes rounded more and her lips ideally curved while she was telling her side of the story. Yeah, right! So, I guessed I got jealous over nothing. Not taking my eyes off her, I nodded. “I remembered Lorenz, and yeah, I knew that he had always been a straight guy. That’s why I wondered why he acted so soft and feminine when the three of you were together, especially when you interviewed me for your thesis defense months ago.” Then, I chuckled. “The poor guy was even wearing makeup! But wait, could it be that Lorenz liked you, that’s wh