She lowered her voice, but the surprise and accusation in it were impossible to hide: "You hesitated too? So you really are just like me!"
"Tsk!"
Yunier quietly bit down on her teeth, extremely displeased with that moment of instinctive panic and giving herself away just now.
But she wasn't the type to admit defeat so easily. She rallied at once, trying to drag the spotlight back onto Teresa and keep attacking: "Wait, saying you're the same as me means… you admit you're greedy for him?"
"I…"
Teresa was momentarily tongue-tied, realizing she'd somehow fallen into another pit.
The two girls kept bickering in whispers, voices so low they were almost inaudible, accusing each other while also covering for each other.
Gradually, the initial embarrassment and panic that had almost choked Teresa slowly faded away amidst this familiar kind of affectionate back-and-forth, half like messing around.
