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“HAPPY?”
“Why shouldn’t I?” Astrid replied softy without looking at the man beside her. They were sitting at the wooden bench at the balcony of the 10th floor of the hospital.
He shrugged. “I’m sure you’re missing your old life back in Manila since we moved. Your students, your friends. Even your coffee shop, I’m sure you’re missing it a lot.”
Astrid didn’t have to answer the question because they both know that it is the truth. It has been four years since they moved to Boston and not a single day that she didn’t miss her old life, her old self. It wasn’t easy for her to stay in their marriage because it meant for her to leave everything behind, including her heart. But she didn’t have a choice. Being married to a Leopold was definitely not a walk in the park and defying the rules has its consequences.
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