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CHAPTER 44 - Inner Peace
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Athena's POV
I brought back my gaze to Cloud, who was sitting there looking at me and waving me goodbye in his car, window frames completely open and a cheesy grin on his face. When I saw him still trying to check to make absolutely sure I was perfectly alright, I ended up giving him my face of an angel then smiled and waved, then motioned for him to consider leaving. He drove away after raising his right hand in a salute and bursting out laughing. I started to laugh, still gazing lovingly in the direction in which he had left off.
I really can not possibly ask for something more. Cloud is the type of man that every woman wishes she could have. It has been a week since I returned to the office, and he keeps driving me there every morning and makes sure to pick me up at the end of my shift in the afternoon. Except for preparing food and a list of groceries, I very seldom have to do any household tasks as soon as we get home be
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