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16|Just Like That
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2021-12-01 08:47:52~Viviana~
Time and time again, I reminded myself that my heart is the last thing I’ll put on the line in this ‘thing’ I have with Roman. Our chemistry, when we first met, had been explosive and undeniable. Now I’m questioning myself if the boundaries I caged my heart into are still intact.
It was loud, the pounding of my heart, louder than the dominating guitar strums of the new Spanish song playing in the background. The alluring voice of the lead vocal did nothing to get my mind off of the clenching sensation in my chest.
Gray shadows tunneled my vision, zoning away everyone and everything apart from Roman and Celestina, whose lips collided in one swift motion.
It felt like hours had gone by. My hold on the box of cupcakes tightened to a python-
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