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RAINI

Ask me again in a week…

Realizing it now, that word felt like I was keeping a man as prominent and influential as Zavier Wood on the hook—Who does that?

The click of my heels made a squeaky noise as I made way to my room with my mind heavy with the thought of how the evening had gone…Not so bad actually.

My heartbeat and I replayed each moment in deep reverberation against my deep in my mind and soul—against my rib cages, it was not like I cared too much about the most recent incident it just left me a bit unsettled.

It had only been days since I arrived here and as I was standing in Front of the mirror wiping my make-up off my mind was filled with the same thing as each night. Uncertainty.

The uncertainty I felt was the same, but something was different now. The ache in

my heart from frequent nightmares was replaced by a thought of him that filled every available space left prior dark.

I could feel it—him—everywhere, and he wasn’t even here. As I slipped off my dress and walk