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straight," Dave said with a worried smile on

e rest of my stuff and then stepped away from the laptop to get all my work drives. Once I f

sh whatever that is off your face" I moti

y ugly enough," he paused, and I raised a brow, waiting for th

just call her

alker and all that. Don't want a lawsuit. Hey, what happened to your phone? I tr

I forgot to take out my SIM card; I only took the memory

to snap that I knew that, but he was right. I couldn't hold on to pictures and videos of Dian while hating him and yet still hoping to forget about

re... You're

hing done, Dave. Can we talk tomorrow?". I did

I'd sacrificed everything for him, so there was still something in me that wanted to know why he did what he did to me. I had been so devastated, and it didn't get better-how

ith a vengeance to invest and build up my

ther right about me or about him? Did he leave me because he found out I had been cut off from my f

rage welled up inside, and then I jumped back from the mess on the floo

l, everything was perfect and to my taste but I couldn't enjoy it. All I felt was a soul-crushing bitterness, and

**

was none other than Kushi. I forced my feet to move,

d her eyes widened when s

the morning exercise. Are you just

o, no one told me about any exercisi

thirty. I'm sure you slept even tho this rang at seven-thirty." She dropped the clock muttering u

veryone already

an into Helaena. She is so fit

starting to get louder. "Did

stepped towards me, and yanke

t th

g you to come here just for you to stay indoors. I'll

breath, feeling

ke long, not when Kushi breathed do

he food down while I tried to force the delicious meal down my

finish a plate, we

Sybil; you're already so le

ing in my tracks. Kushi stoppe

ybil. I fear that something b

specially since it won't solve anything bu

ook at who it was, my brows furrowing a bit as I took in the physique of the guy walking to

e he reached us. Kushi blu

t's been

curls bouncing a bit. "No, it

n's gaze finally snapped in my direction, a cute smile making an appeara

dshake, and it got really awkward when I tried to shake him a

, and I let my hand drop. "It's

ng this place... It's been the be

d nothing to do with the resort. There was just too much free time. At least when I worked, I did no

year. I would gladly take care o

e same time I told h

ze snapped

l eyes. "Not next year, maybe the upper o

later, you have to try it out," Rohan said enthusiastically. "Also have you

is making me pretty hungry, also I haven't seen

miss out on anything while you are here, Kushi," he said,

me a tour, convinced me to drop my laptop in the room, and now she was off with some guy she probably me

toward a grand-looking hallway, only to realize it was a mini art gallery

particular painting. It looked really familiar. It was a splash of dif

trace the eyes of

my mouth as I turned to glare at the culprit. I blinked and wondered if the hotel made it

sexy accent that I couldn't place. I was mostly hostile to strangers,

ting piece. I think whoever the artist is, he's a g

idened. That seemed to boost his ego further. "If you do not

nce I'm meeting you like this, can we talk about my acquiring th

, and it's a pleasure to meet someon

ent not quite hitting right.

to have taken notice of it. It is actually my first w

ieve... Look, I could help you, I have friends who are dying to showcase unique art piec

lly just met, and you're trying to hel

se Dian used to paint? I clenched my fist, hating that ever

d to his. "I really appreciate the offer, tho", he

, and they were coming closer to me. His lips were almost

as he stared

he gallery wit