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LOVE IS AN IDIOT

Author: VEEWRITES
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-03-15 01:35:39

Yuki's pov

I stared at the screen for a solid five seconds before I answered. "Oh, wow. Who is this? I don't recognize the number because, you know, you never fucking call me."

"Don't get started," Eric said, voice smooth, a little frayed. "I'm calling you now, aren't I?"

"Yeah, after weeks of nothing, Mr. International Playboy."

"Business trips, baby. You know how it is."

"Do I? Do I really? Because last I knew, business trips didn't consist of you disappearing off the face of the fucking world."

Eric huffed theatrically. "You're so heartless to me."

"And you're so thoughtless."

There was silence. I bit my lip, tightening fingers around my phone. Every time Eric would leave, he made me as if I were nothing. No calls, no messages. Like I was forgotten. And every time, I told myself I wouldn't care. That I was accustomed to it.

But still, it stung.

Eric broke the silence. "I'm gonna be in town next week."

I blinked. "Next week? Like, after I get back from the resort?"

"Yeah."

I exhaled
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