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LXX: All the reasons
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Throughout the hours of the day, Lisa’s words echoed in her head. Her words had sent her on a soul searching journey trying to figure out when exactly it was she gave her heart to Cainan?
Her job was to steal his heart. It couldn’t be the other way around. Sadly, things didn’t always happen the way people hoped, but this was no excuse.
“Something on your mind?”
She pulled out of her thoughts and saw Cainan's concerned eyes on her. This had to be the reason. His concern must have been the reason she handed her heart to him without considering it.
Something was on her mind and it was the thought of how fucked up she now was.
“Why did you ask?”
“You were quiet throughout breakfast and lunch and you’ve been rather cold towards me. Did I do something wrong?”
Yes, you did. You cared more than you should have.
“No, just the pregnancy hormones as always.” She lied to him and she fe
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