I couldn't believe Derek knew about my best friend's relationship before I did!

Aurora cleared her throat. "It's... it's not what you think."

She couldn't even get his attention.

Derek understood. "Mason's hard to pursue, isn't he?"

Aurora replied, "Did he tell you??"

Derek smiled. "Caleb came over last night, and we stayed up drinking."

Aurora closed her eyes and sighed deeply. "There's nothing between us, we've cleared that up."

I grabbed onto the ...