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Chapter 10.1

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Holding my breath not to sob, I pressed my lips together to somehow prevent the tears from streaming down to both of my cheeks.

I'm already on the epilogue of the book that I just started reading earlier. And it's hard to stop my emotions from bursting out of me. It's hard not to feel the lump in my throat.

The female lead character ended up obtaining what she's been yearning for. Not from the man that she sorely tried to make him see her worth, but from the man that she learned to love with all of his dainty imperfections.

Somehow, she found love from someone that she once treated as a rival. Someone that she once tried to sabotage his success. Someone that loved after the very first time that their eyes met.

Cliché it is, but I'm glad that I came across this book when I decided to enter a bookstore. I'm certain that it will always hold a part of my heart.

"Eve? Are you crying?"

Startled, my heart skipped a beat as my eyes settled on the man that just entered his own office.

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