Lovelorn

"Over my dead body will that happen. My best friend can't be with my sister. Never. Unless he stops being my best friend."

Yvonne appeared somewhat embarrassed and discreetly glanced at Shawn, who seemed unfazed by his best friend's response.

Everyone laughed it off, but Yvonne sensed her brother wasn't joking. Little did Damien know that his sister held onto his words ever since that moment.

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Damien rubbed his forehead wearily upon this revelation, pushing himself off the door and standing upright.

"At first, I wasn't planning to do anything... But then, four years later, I asked again, jokingly, and you gave the same response. That's when I realized you were serious, and I knew I had to take action."

"So, when I saw you drive in that afternoon, I picked up my phone and pretended to be on a call. And I said all that..."

"I thought that... Since you can't let your best friend be in a romantic relationship with your sister, if you guys stopped being friends, then I could be with th