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Chapter Thirty Four
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“Fuck.”
God forbid that was the first word that came out of my mouth when I woke up with a really bad headache. It wasn’t new, to be honest—I deal with it almost a day or two within a week. Doctors said it was chronic and had to take medicines, but I just try to hold it in if I could.
I didn’t want to skip work for the day, but I was really sick that leaving my bed for a while just gives me bad headaches I would never want to experience ever again—but it has always been a part of me, thanks to migraines.
When I called sick to my manager, Mila was fast to call. I couldn’t even determine if she was my friend or a manager who nags way too much when you get ill over stressors of some sort.
It felt nice… to have someone nag you because you don’t put much concern over yourself. It’d probably sound ridiculous, but it feels nice—maybe because I grew up not having anyone by my side to dictate wheth
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I’d be lying if I’d say Enrique’s words did not keep me up all night because apparently, they did. And it wasn’t just because it felt nice—I was really stunned hearing those from him.I mean… true, though. It wasn’t different from all the other phrases he’s been telling me as if he purposely learned all these sweet phrases shenanigans before he told me that he has a “crush” on me (which still feels weird up until now, TBH). Although I know I shouldn’t invalidate his feelings just because I’m not used to getting this kind of confession—the last time I did, everything just went down the drain.With slumped shoulders, I walked my way to my little kitchen and made myself a simple breakfast. It was a Saturday and I had my day off for today, so I woke up later than usual. I typically don’t have plans for the weekend since back then I’d just study my ass off, but after graduating I just
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Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading this novel. It really means so much to me as I've always wanted to write something in English. Show your support by giving some gems to this novel if you loved it! Drop some comments too! I don't know when I'll write another novel again, but I hope I'd be able to write another soon! You can interact with me by suggesting themes for my next novel and I'll keep that in mind when I'm ready again to write another. Thank you for reading Enrique and Kathrina's story! I wish you were able to learn some lessons from it. <3
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