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[105] TELL
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Aramide! Aramide! Please listen to me!” Cole's yells echoed throughout the streets as he ran after me, I alternated between wiping my tears and trying to get a taxi, I felt used, pathetic, and stupid, once again, once again I had let someone play with me. Why? Why didn't I just stick to my career? Why? Why did I have to fall in love with the wrong person, all over again?
“Aramide,” he said again, as he managed to catch up and held my arm, and in a split second my palm collided with his face.
“don't touch me” I gritted out through my teeth
“hit me!” He yelled, his eyes were red too, had he been crying? Who cares.
“Hit me!” He yelled again, as he took my hand and slammed it on his face a couple of times, “But please listen,
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