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2021-02-08 22:59:12"Never Compromise your feelings for anyone or anything for that matter." [Stuart]
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"Okay then at least let me bring you to Tina."
"Okay. Stuty pooh. "
"Great. Just let me fetch your phone."
"Okay."
Stuart lifted his legs towards the bed to hoist the phone and took it to her. Handing her with a smile.
"I saved my number for you also, I had called on my number. So that I could get your number too."
Without caring to see anything on the phone Riley took it and placed it in her clutch.
"Oh okay."
Her trust in him did not surprise him. For it wasn't his first time that she had given him her phone. But he was still grateful for it. That at least all her feelings have not faded of him. It felt like validation to him. To work on their relationship. And try harder.
Anyways, as Riley walked past him he grabbed her hand in his. Smiling.
"Let's walk together."
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