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Steph sprinted to throw her arms around my neck the moment I set foot in the apartment, crying and giggling at the same time, mumbling about being so worried, because my phone was off and she was afraid something had happened to me.

“Sorry, love. The meeting lasted longer than I expected,” I said, kissing her hair.

“You okay, D? What is it?” she asked right away.

“A headache that’s killing me.” Once more, the lies came out of my mouth in a natural way that surprised me.

“Did you have anything to eat?”

I shook my head, throwing my bag on the couch. “It’s okay, baby. I just wanna go to sleep, if you don’t mind.”

“Sure, love, go. D’you need anything?”

I felt like a bag of rocks, but her unaware, loving concern made me feel a son of a bitch.

“It’s okay, babe, thank you.”

She stepped back to give me way with a hesitant smile. I started to our room, stopped halfway and turned to her, doing my best to smile back at her.

“You know I love you, right?”

She hurried to me and gave me a quick hug.
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