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CHAPTER 45
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2024-10-29 19:42:56: ANEMONE’s POV
“Calm down, Ane,” I furiously mumbled to myself as I walk straight ahead, “David is not acting weird, it is just like Theon. That their trivial gentleness does not mean something more like special meanings.”
You are no special Ane, to begin with.
You are just one desperate woman longing to be loved and because of that, you almost lead someone to their misfortune. With those stains, you have no right to love again.
David has been with me as a friend, and I don’t want to cross that line twice.
Since I am now free from my old self, I have the need to maintain it. I guess.
Your priority right now is to protect those that are important to you without the necessity to have them do the same.
So Ane, you do not need a hear—
“Oy,” A warm hand suddenly gripped my cold one. I shivered upon the contact, compelling me to stop.
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