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Chapter 35| Open up, Liv.
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Olivia’s POV:“So, Emma already knows I’m here and is waiting to lecture me, right?” I cross my arms over my chest huffily as Theo pulls up the long driveway to his gorgeous two-story home that faced the blue sea.“Come on, Emma doesn’t lecture. Emma likes to help, and nope, we don’t know you are here. I just saw you a while ago and that may be attributed to fate, Liv.” Theo lifts knowing eyebrows and a cheeky smile my way.“Let’s get this over with. Then maybe I can go back to discovering Santorini and turn down the next street and maybe fall in love.” I slide myself out when we stop and make my way ahead of him.I plod to the door and go to walk in without hesitation. Theo, close on my heels, tugs me back by my ponytail, so he can jump in front of me with a chuckle and meets another rain of light slaps on his arm as I try to muscle him out of the way. We have carried on this way ever since I met them.“Emma, I’m home and I brough a gift.”Theo yells and muscles me under his arm to s
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“What was that?” Brandon frowns at her, anger well hidden beneath that cool and calm exterior in which he excelled.“I had a few drinks…or more, that’s what.” Alice shrugged nonchalantly. “You found me, yay.”“Alice, this sh*t is getting old. What’s the problem?” Brandon tugged her with him by the hand, turning away without waiting for more of a response. His manner is all hostile, even if he seems fine to the untrained eye. He’s mad at her, that’s clear.When they got outside into the night air, Brandon lets Alice go to walk ahead to the car, she almost stumbled clumsily. Catching her heel on an uneven paving stone. He guides her to the car silently, in a controlled manner, his face deadpan. Alice can sense the distance between them. Her nerves are gnawing at her, mood wary, skin tingling with apprehension that something is off and different this time. She knows that lately, they haven’t exactly been getting on.For weeks now, there’s been a coolness between them, but right now, besi
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Olivia’s POV:Best friend?A female best friend?I’ve known Brandon for some time now and we’ve talked about an array of things, work-related and personal but this friend never came up. Until now. My gut tells me I have to meet this friend. Of course, I couldn’t and wouldn’t impose that on Brandon. We don’t exactly have a label to begin with, right?I was almost ready to cut off what we have this morning. Now that this special friend showed up, maybe I’d have a better reason to end things with Brandon. It’s always easier to put a blame on someone than explaining why you are scared to trust and allow people inside your carefully crafted wall.I padded through the townhouse in my fluffy slippers. I realized my stomach is grumbling so I decided to make my way to the kitchen and fix something. I have two staffs here who take care of everything for me and Ethan. As I did so, I noticed that the house needed more stuff for the boy and made a mental note to browse the internet for essentials
