After everyone left, Fernando looked at me, his eyes soft with worry. "I told you you didn't have to come out there."
Now that everything was out in the open, a huge weight lifted off my chest.
I smiled. "I owed everyone an explanation sooner or later. There's no point hiding from it now. Facing it head-on is the only way."
If I hadn't cleared things up today, there would be a million wild conspiracy theories floating around by tomorrow.
Then I thought of something and gave him a half-amused look. "Speaking of—why'd you tell everyone I'm your girlfriend?"
Fernando glanced down at both our outfits and sighed. "What else was I supposed to say? Come on, look at us. What other story would make sense?"
I glanced down at my own clothes. I was wearing one of Fernando's t-shirts, the same st
