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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ryan's POV
With my hands folded across my chest, I stared at the lady that sat down opposite me. She stared right back at me with a stoic look that I could barely read her expression. When the silence was getting unbearable, I decided to speak first but she beat me to it.
"How have you been, Robin?" She asked.
The way my name rolled off her tongue annoyed the hell out of me because it reminded me of a lot of things.
I mean, c'mon, this was someone I haven't seen for a while now. Five years? Yeah, that should be it. Someone that literally abandoned me.
"Why are you here?" She frowned and pouted before she stood to her feet.
"I went out of the country just for a while. Why should I not come back home?"
I watched her walk round the table before she stopped in front of me.
"Besides, my boyfriend is right here." She flashed a seductive smile, pulled out the chair besid
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