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2024-10-29 19:42:56CASS'S POV
Rejected. I couldn't believe it. I'd gotten so lost in my own thoughts I had almost forgotten that Vivian was sitting across from me.
I was snapped back to reality when the waitress brought our food to the table. She had a puzzled look on her face at the absence of Ezra, but didn't say anything. She just placed the food down, smiled and left.
Something didn't make sense though. Why did I have those episodes?
"Vivian, if I've met my mate. What would be causing me to feel like my body was on fire?"
Vivian broke eye contact. She clearly was getting cold feet about whatever she thought the cause was.
"Um. The only thing I've ever heard of causing pain like that, is when..." She took a deep breath, "It's when your mate is with another. You know, like intimately."
I was speechless. He was with other women. I had been rejected. But when? I didn't even know what I was back when we first met. He must have th
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