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The Fruit Tray

Author: Belle
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 14:43:57

REGINA'S POV

I swallowed, trying to force air through my lungs again. "Hans is back...? Uhm, okay, thank you, thank you Tania for uh... For telling me." I tried not to let the awkwardness show in my voice but I was pretty sure I failed.

She gave a smile in response. "Thank you for being such a good friend."

I nodded. "Yup, that's me." A nervous chuckle escaped my mouth. "I uh, I have to go home now so I can change out of this dress. Champaign isn't really my favorite cologne."

She chuckled. "Alright. I'll see you around."

We said our goodbyes and I went back home. Taking off the dress, I stuffed it aside and sat inside my bathtub. Hans was back in town and he was asking of me...

Why would that bastard even have the nerves to ask of me?! How dare he still remember my name after what he tried to do to me?

I felt a shiver run down my spine and it was not from the coolness of the water.

The sound of the door in the living room as it opened caught my ear through the silence of the hous
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