Trenton was silent for a moment before he replied, “But what if she doesn’t reciprocate my feelings? We can’t even be friends afterward.”

“If you don’t confess your feelings, you’ll regret it. If you do confess and she rejects you, you might feel sad that you can’t be friends anymore, but you won’t regret it, because at least you tried.

“If you don’t do anything, how do you know she doesn’t reciprocate your feelings? Does she have someone she likes?”

Trenton answered, “She’s very busy with work and doesn’t have time to date. She’s been single all this while, though there have been plenty of guys who liked her. She rejected their pursuits.”

“Does she keep in touch with a lot of her male ex-classmates?” Camryn asked further.

“She’s stayed in touch with many of our ex-classmates, but I think I’m the only one she’s kept in close contact with.”

“Did she come to Wiltspoon for work immediately after graduation or did she come on your invitation?”

“No, she came to look for work by herse