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Ruined

Author: Belle
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-12 20:56:54

Cara was silent. The drive to her apartment seemed longer than she thought. Yet the deafening silence prevailed without competition.

On arriving at the entrance of her complex building, Romeo pulled the car to a stop and made to open the door to come down but Cara didn't budge.

He stopped and turned to look at her, hands still clinging on to his seatbelt. “Carina?” He called her name softly. “Are you alright?”

She turned to look at him, her eyes staring into the magic green orbs he called eyes. “Are you alright?” She threw the question back at him.

His thick brow arched skyward. “What? What do you mean?”

“Back there, you seemed… angry.” She hesitantly responded, not knowing the words to use and how to put them carefully with each other.

His hands finally slipped away from his seatbelt as he relaxed into his seat with a silent sigh. “How could I be alright when he talked trash about you? And besides, what does he know about me to say that nonsense he said? Does he think everyone is lik
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