Bella’s phone kept ringing but she refused to answer; it was James. Eventually, she was so vexed by it that she turned her phone off.
“It is better to tell him what you’re thinking,” Lily tried to persuade Bella.
Bella shook her head. “Lily, not today.”
Lily sighed and fell into silence. After a while, she spoke again, “Bella, I have something to tell you... I’m going to be engaged!”
Bella immediately sat up on the bed. “With Tom?”
Lily nodded shyly.
Bella was astonished; they were moving so fast!
“Bella, do you think it is too soon?” Lily asked. “It feels like I’ve been living in a dream recently.”
Bella didn’t know how to reply.
Lily continued, “Bella, I have no experience in love. In the beginning, my parents asked me to marry James. But he loves you. And then I met Tom. He i
