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6. Shadow and Stalk
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It doesn’t matter how much time has passed, every time I think about it that makes me cry. It hurts my heart so much, takes me back to the time when I felt helpless and so broken. How do I move past it? How do I trust him again? I couldn’t. And if I did, wouldn’t it be the betrayal to the girl I see in the mirror now, who had learned to smile once again even when tears shine in her eyes. ~ A. Gupta..VIOLETI am going to kill Daisy. The thought was constant in my mind as I sat there stabbing at the tomato on my plate. She sat only for a few minutes, shovelled most of the pasta in her mouth and then declared that she had to go somewhere very important. Liar. Now, I was sitting here trying hard not to run away like a scared little girl. I don’t know why I was feeling this way, but sitting here alone with food between us— the food that I made, the flowers he brought me on the other side, it was feeling too intimate.“It’s delicious.” His deep voice had me pausing, my heart stalled and
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I still want you, I do. But with every beat my heart reminds me of the pain you caused it. ~ A. Gupta.VIOLETTHE Doctor looked at Cole, who had somehow turned paler than before and turned to me as he said, “He needs to get out of these wet clothes.”Eyes wide, I looked at the doctor then turned to Mad who shrugged at me and said, “I guess fever and wet clothes doesn’t pair together.” I licked my dry lips and blinked at him. He nudged me toward my bed and said, “The doctor will help you. I’ll take out the soup Bree sent for him.” And then he left me.The doctor looked at me expectantly and I swallowed before giving a determined nod to myself. Of course, I can do it. I have seen him nakéd before. It wasn’t like I didn't know how mouth-watering his body was. Shît. Vi, get a grip. You can’t lust after a man who’s lying sick in your bed. He is in my bed! I closed my eyes, I think I will need another appointment with my therapist and ask her if it was really necessary to talk to myself be
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His Steel Princess (His Broken Princess #2) 104 So fûcking beautiful
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