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Chapter 34 - Hope

Author: Violetbrim
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Vincent.

'You agreed to be my girlfriend permanently miss Claire Santos, does it occur to you that you've never told me why?'

I'd said those words with hope in my heart.

Hope? I suddenly laughed at the words sucking onto my cigar then puffing out the smoke through my mouth and nose. The heavy breeze on the rooftop of the villa blew against my face with a biting cold.

Digging my hands into my pockets, I stood there, staring up at the stars. Something I'd always considered absolutely meaningless yet here I was feeling something strong tightening my chest like burning chains wrapped around my heart. The pain was harsher than a bullet wound.

'...Love, destroys a man.'

I suddenly closed my eyes feeling them sting harshly as I sucked desperately on my cigar again then letting the smoke swirl around my face.

I never used to believe in hope, but with the unbearable strings of jealously tightening my chest when she mentioned how much she missed her brother, and how much he could protect her,
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