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Chapter Twenty-Two
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2021-10-24 23:45:48"I did my best
But I guess my best wasn't good enough
Cause here we are
Back where we were before
Seems nothin' ever changes
We're back to being strangers
Wondering if we ought to stay
Or head on out the door
Just once
Can we figure out what we keep doin' wrong
Why we never last for very long
What are we doin' wrong?
Just once..."
That was the song that she had been playing over and over again inside her apartment as that was also the theme song of 'The Second Time Around', their series. And every single time she got to listen to the song, she'd tear up. It had been three days since the first episode of the series was released, but everything was still overwhelming for her.
Not to mention that it was also the same song that she listened to when they broke up years ago, although the song's lyrics didn't really speak much about their relationship. It was just a
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"Get in. It'd be unsafe for you to commute, you know that, right?" he asked in a commanding tone which really made her feel mad because once again, she felt like he was stepping on her. Maybe it was intentional, maybe it was just the product of her prejudice towards him, but she felt that way anyway.She hated that he was right, and that she was left with no choice, once again, but to listen to him. "If someone would see us..." She didn't know how to say what she wanted to say to him. What if someone would see them? She knew that people around the country had started becoming simps for the guy. In fact, the series had already been trending on twitter since the trailer was released, and everyone was very excited with the release of the new episodes.When she checked Twitter last time using hee dummy account, she even read how people found him utterly handsome and attractive. They even said that he was the type who didn't need to try so hard t
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