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12. Losing My Cool

Author: Hazell
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-16 02:20:38

Elena's POV

Would I call what I was feeling jealous?

No.

I refuse to feel that way even though it was disappointing to know that he had a family. Nana wasn't aware of it as far as I'm concerned, or was she?

For the past two weeks, I had tried my best to keep my distance, reminding myself that what I had felt before was just an illusion.

It was a fleeting mistake that I thought there were men like him, after all, who had hearts behind those cold demeanours.

But I was wrong.

What if I was the one in her position? I wouldn't like it. With everything I had gone through, I felt and understood her pain.

Even though I knew nothing about their relationship, that night when I overheard him talking to someone threateningly, it kept playing on my mind.

Maybe she was the other one at the end of the call. Maybe not. Either way, I shouldn't care.

As a matter of fact, I shouldn't be giving a shit about his private life. Keep it low and simple.

My work here was simple: to only be his
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