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SEVENTEEN - Part 1
Exelle
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"So, this is the so-called twist?"
As I scanned the pictures in my hands, my eyes turned colder. The images led me to my brightly lit laptop screen, which felt like a block of ice, leaving me cold and lost. It was as if my soul had turned into a dreary vapor, even after feeling cold.
The ridiculous twist of fate turned into an unheard whisper in the wind.
"Lex..." I murmured his name.
I miss you.
I like you.
And I'm so glad that I didn't fall for you.
Yet, I almost did.
"How am I supposed to trust people when even you have gone sideways? Or maybe, from the very start, I shouldn't have accepted you. What an insane idea of mine." I chuckled bitterly to myself.
How am I supposed to react? It's not like I knew his intentions from the start.
Ah. Really?
I guess I still lack something. I guess Exelle
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