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Chapter Thirty-One

Author: Beth Venning
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I stay in my room just staring at the wall, what does Austin expect me to do with the information he just told me? What will Roman do if he found out? When he gets back are we just going to pretend none of this happened? As I’ve said before Roman is so good at catching the vibes of the room, he’ll know something is off almost immediately and will ask what’s going on.

I couldn’t help but feel bad for Austin, if he’s telling the truth and he has been hiding the way he was feeling since school, that’s been more than a few years. From the way he was telling me back there, I could just see how hard it was for him to tell me.

Before I had time to dwell on those thoughts anymore, Austin starts to shout dinner was ready in the kitchen. How is he acting so casual after what we just spoke about?! With a little sigh I sit up from bed, I knew I couldn’t avoid Austin forever. Firstly, because we live in the same apartment and second, we still have to keep up the couple act around Markus. I slide o
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