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21 - Cracks within a Picture-perfect
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2021-09-20 01:00:08People often quote that time ticks faster whenever a person is happy. Her ride with Eli falls under the category though she won't ever verbally admit. Even so, her frowning face was sufficient proof. Her frown became defined when they drove past the colossal steel gates of Aurum University. He headed to the west where he must have planned to drop her because she noticed a lady in black standing at the 11th lamppost.
She recognized her at first glance! It was Aster, beyond the shadow of doubt. Now, she wondered when he texted her friend during the whole ride.
Was she really that absorbed to the moment?!
SHAME!
She got off before he hit the breaks. Thus he caught her wrist which earned him a death glare. In spite of her aggressive struggle to break
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