Hard to reject

ANNE'S POV

Once Celyn was done talking to Lydia, all three of us headed down to the living room to wait for the brothers again.

While we waited, Nicole got impatient and went off to find them herself.

I was left all alone with Celyn and I sized her up and down from the corner of my eye and got a feeling that she was also doing the same.

"So Anne, how long have you been here?" she asked suddenly, interrupting the silence in the room and I looked up at her.

"It's been a long while." I replied and kept shut after.

After a few seconds of silence, I spoke up again, "Nicole is really enamoured with you."

She smiled softly at my statement, " Yes she is and I absolutely adore her too." She said.

"She has been my best friend ever since we were kids and no one can replace her importance in my life or mine in her life." She added and although I tried not to see it as such, her words still felt like snide remarks.

I grabbed my phone and started scrolling across the entertainment news, refusing to