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2024-10-29 19:42:56Daria
When Wilder and his butler have left with their coffee, Brooklyn comes walking back to me with her jaw slacking. Disbelief is inscribed in her appearance. She probably didn't expect me to know Wilder, the guy who she has been talking non-stop about this entire morning. Unlike me, Brooklyn watches The Dragon Throne. I suspect she has this slight crush on Wilder.
"You should have told me!" Her lips are twitching into this giddy smile, and I roll my eyes as she stalks closer. A hand lands on my shoulder, and her lips brush near my ears. She whispers saucily at me, hungry for answers. "So, are you like friends or ex-lovers? You can tell me, Daria, I know how to keep a secret."
I giggle. "We are nothing like that!"
There have been plenty of times I've caught myself playing sweet reveries of Wilder kissing me again, but I know those are only daydreams. Nothing will happen between the two of us. He is this unattainable flower at the peak of the highest mou
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