“Felix, are you up?” Felix Reuben turned in the direction of the sound. It was followed by a knock, Felix ignoring it to grab his headphones and put them around his head. He heard another knock, this time groaning and shutting his laptop in response. He got up from his reading table, grabbed his phone and laid on his bed. Shuffling through the playlists in his songs library, he found one that matched his mood, clicked on it and covered himself with his duvet. The song playing wasn’t loud enough to block the sound that came from his door as it was opened. He cursed under his breath, shutting his eyes as he heard the footsteps drawing nearer. “Felix, it’s me,” the intruder said, Felix’s eyes flying open. “I know you’re not sleeping. It’s seven am. You’re not one to sleep in like that.” “Joanna?” Felix got up, pulling his headphones and duvet away from his head. “It’s you.” “Yes, it’s me,” Joanna, his sister smiled, joining him on the bed. “You weren’t expecting to see me, right?

“How long ago had it been planned?” Felix was standing in his room by the window side. It had barely been five minutes after he stormed out of the dining, aware of his sister tailing him. He got to his room, slammed the door and proceeded to stand by his window to calm down. “Felix-” “Just answer it,” Felix replied his sister, still not turning to face her. “You obviously know about it. I mean, isn’t that why you’re here?” “Fine, Felix,” his sister moved closer to him to hold him by the arm. “I knew about it and that’s why I’m here.” “Quite obviously.” “But trust me,” Joanna continued. “There was nothing I could do. Dad called and told me he had something important to talk to me about. I insisted he hinted me about it over the phone and that’s when he told me he’s thinking of getting you married to some gay billionaire. It was still all so new to me too so all I could do was ask him to let me talk to you about it.” “You did great at that.” “Felix,” Joanna sighed. “Don’t be li