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Chapter 23 – The Absence and Regalia
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 23 – The Absence and Regalia
Third Person POV
Kiara spent her days, weeks, and months focusing on her studies and job, but it cannot be denied that the memory of Phoenix sitting on the bar’s high chair with a glass of rum, was engrave in her mind, that every time she would stand on the stage and dance, she would constantly roam her eyes at the bar area and automatically search for Phoenix, but there was none, there was no figure and presence of Phoenix in the bar. And even though she would not admit it to herself, she was definitely looking for him.
However, she had already decided to restart her life, without him in the equation, and even if she would see him again one day, she would treat him as someone more superior to her, someone as her client, someone who was not her friend.
True to his words, Phoenix has been out for almost three months now, travelling from countries to countries of Eur
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