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Attention-seeker

Author: TanuS
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-23 23:13:17

An entire week had passed, and Sia hadn’t heard a word from Leon. Frustrated and tired of waiting for him, she made up her mind to block him out of her thoughts completely. She threw herself into her work while focusing on the final stages of moving into her new office. Life returned to the same predictabl and, monotonous routine like it had before Leon stirred everything up in her life. She convinced herself that this was for the best. It was for the best that Leon left her life without troubling her more.

Meanwhile, Leon spent the week reconnecting with his family. Guilt burdened on him for not being as present with them for a long time. He knew that it was wrong of him to ignore them. They had done nothing to deserve it.

With his siblings home, his paternal grandparents also came for a visit which filled the house with both chaos and warmth and he decided to take a break from both work and his personal life to be with his family after a long time.

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