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Chapter 33: The Past Knocks on the Door

Author: Mary D. Sant
last update Last Updated: 2023-06-05 01:04:31

ELLIE

At every step I took, the muscles between my legs complained, reminding me of last night. Hell. Weren't all the marks he left on my body enough? No low-cut tops for a while, Ellie. Something told me it had been intentional. The jerk wanted me to remember.

"Ellie? I'm talking to you," Anna said, grabbing my arm, making me stop. We were leaving the lab to have lunch.

"I'm sorry. What did you say?"

"Is something wrong?" She analyzed me. "What are you hiding?" I hadn't decided yet whether I would tell her everything that had happened between Ethan and me. But I wouldn't be able to hide it for long.

"Todd sent me flowers yesterday." Maybe if I told her one truth, she wouldn't notice.

"He just doesn't give up. You're not thinking of forgiving him, are you?"

"No!" I hadn't even had time to think about Todd in the past few hours.

"I know it can be hard. After all, the guy is literally an Italian Adonis, but don't forget what you had to go through because of him."

"Don't worry,
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