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"It must be a date! Oh, how foolish you are! Yes, it's obviously a date, Cleo," Valerie said to Cleo.

Delaney nodded her head in agreement.

After attending their classes, the three friends were walking on campus.

"I am not a fool. I also thought the same. But he was casual and said that he just wanted to talk to me, so..."

Cleo paused, mumbling, as she reflected on what Declan had said to her.