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ment complex, a simple

got out. I took a slow

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understan

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tea on the kitchen cou

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e kiss

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mach t

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moved to m

oved

ed back a step. He stood there breathing heavily, lips red, s

ng with you

out steady. I pressed my hands flat

took one step closer and

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d not

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at him.

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me of cheating,

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trying to hide m

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d. "So I'll ask a

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he snapped. "The Isla I know doesn't push back. Doesn't talk

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as what an

the wall be

he apartment. The hole on t

act of the pla

inch. I kept my eyes on

ssion; he had expected the usu

giving him th

ou want me to say Ro

t me for a

t. The door slammed behind him hard enough to shake the

tely still for

legs bec

the marble. My whole body was shaking now - properly, uncontrollably, the

ead to the cabinet

't touc

e and I was still s

until my legs fel

lasses up. Walked to where the p

ed the photo out from the broke

from years ago, before we started dat

the bin. Then I s

counter and stood sta

one b

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ale and all department teams

creen until my br

happened in