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Chapter 19: Igniting Hope

Author: Josie frank
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Athena Ramirez

"It's all one sided. I never meant anything to him. Nothing but a vessel for his excretion"I say wincing at how cruel and harsh my words her... I feel both humiliated and embarrassed talking about the experience .

“No, we aren’t together,” I say with a heavy sigh.

He frowns. ‘Why not?”

“It’s a long and pathetic story.”

“It can’t be worse than the lecture I should be listening to.”

I suppose it can’t hurt to talk to him. For some weird reason, he seems to be on my side. “First of all, thank you for trying to help me.” I wrinkle my nose. “By pretending to hit on me.”

He nods to acknowledge my gratitude.

“As you guessed, I’ve been secretly lusting after Eros since I started working for him now. Finally after 2 years of lusting and crushing on him, never would I ever imagine he would take notice of me but he did and it all started during this trip. I don't know if it's a fortunate event or one of regret now but we kinda started sleeping together. Dinners, everything couples
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