Make-Believe Is Extremely Dangerous

Her childhood friend, whom she had loved for a full ten years, got a fiancée.
‘……But why did I have to find out through the newspaper?’
Brienne Ford, who had looked only at one person—Kaiden—for such a long time.
She ended up heartbroken, unable to even confess the feelings she had treasured all that time.
But then why—

“I’d like to become close with you, Miss Ford.”

Hey, Herace, aren’t you Kaiden’s friend?

* * *

“I heard there’s a café famous for its cakes. How about we have tea together there when the weather clears?”
“That is, um, why with me…”
“I’m asking you to go on a date with me.”

To go on a date with her crush’s friend.
It was an absurd notion.
No, it was supposed to be absurd, but……

“Let’s do it. The date. You said so before. When the rain stops, let’s go eat cake together…”

The situation had changed.