chapter 69 - Emotionless S*x

Stella's POV

I've learnt to say no to an extent for the sake of my mental well-being.

Trying to push our conversations away and even avoiding being in the same place with her alone...

All my actions will eventually put a strain on our friendship, if that is not already happening, but I have to do it else I'll lose it.

"I am really so excited to tell you all about our last date, though," Tina says excitedly as she experiments with her food.

Breakfast and Carl suddenly decided this was his home. He insisted on making us something and there was no way the family could reject his offer, especially since his girlfriend was the only child here.

Tina was so excited and chirpy about why he did the cooking and every one of my attempts to make her leave my room was a failure met with a story about how sweet he was and how he'd asked her to stay out of the kitchen.

She was so proud to tell me about how he cared a lot for her and how she was leaning into the idea of marrying him.

"Tina, why d