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Camille:

He pursed his lips when I asked the question as if just the sound of Reggie’s name irritated the hell out of him.

I mentally prepared myself to hear him say I wouldn’t understand or something of that sort, but surprisingly, he didn’t.

“I found out something messed up about him. As much as I would have liked to tell you, he did make me promise not to tell a soul and in return, he’ll stay the heck away from me,” he said and bit into his chicken with so much force, it was as if he wished it was Reggie.

“Why are you asking about him, anyway?”

I shrugged, eating the last bit of my meal.

How would he react if I told him the truth? I mean, telling him Reggie had asked me out would probably anger him so bad that he would end up spitting out the ‘disgusting’ thing his friend had done since it meant Reggie hadn’t kept to his part of the bargain, but on the other hand, I wasn’t sure I was ready to face an angry Daniel.

It was nice having him this cool for a change an