CASSANDRA

Marco and Devika were sitting, deep in conversation.

But as soon as I entered, their gazes turned to me and my eyes locked onto Marco's.

For one stupid second, the scene felt like something out of a movie, and I was enjoying the attention it was attracting until my eyes and mind decided to ruin it.

My gaze caught something, and my brain was already analyzing and dissecting the situation.

Devika and Marco. They were sitting next to each other; that had never happened before.

Even when