"What's wrong, Aimi?" Axel asked, seeing the girl's reflection in the glass window of the bedroom as the latter looked outside.
The lawyer sniffled and turned around, stretching a forceful smile on her lips. "It's nothing. I am coming back from a solo trip, and I think my allergies are acting up."
Axel sure was two months younger than Aimi, but she felt the need to act like an older sister to the brunette. Her husband was fond of his little cousin and treated her as his baby sister, so it guilelessly came to her that she was protective of Aimi, too. "Don't lie to me, Aimi. I have had my fill of lies for today. Talk to me if you consider me your friend."
Aimi looked away as her eyes stung and tears started brimming. "I thought my crush was stupid, that my infatuation was childish and it
