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2024-10-29 19:42:56"A-are you okay?" Olivia asked me, waving her hand in front of my face as I sat staring off into space.
"Huh? What?" I asked, not entirely hearing or comprehending what she said.
"I asked if you were you okay? You look pretty shaken up," She observed.
I was brought back to the real world. Holy crap. What had I done? That wasn't supposed to happen. I didn't mean to expose Ethan like that in front of about a dozen people.
I was so stupid. I shouldn't have done anything in the first place. I had taken it too far. Granted the towel slipped by mistake and it was probably Ethan's fault that he didn't tie it tight enough.
But I felt like I was largely at fault here. If I wouldn't have done what I did, it probably wouldn't have happened and my eyes would've still being innocent and not exposed to a heart attack triggering sight so precipitously.
"Julie!" Olivia suddenly yelled.
"What?" I asked with widened eyes, not expecting her sudden outbu
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