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in my room to avoid the cringe of bumping into

ing to kiss me, when he might have just been leaning in closer to get a closer

sofa as I'd come to do every passing minute

e to a video call, and I an

y put me in a good mood. He was one of the few people who had wormed their w

I gasped, my eyes widening as I saw the familiar setting behi

Sybil is sucking the lif

him. "You realize Kushi

ortable. "I also know you suck the life out of p

nd he gave me a knowing look. "Fine, ma

m feeling too lazy to come up. I also didn't bring a lot, so there's no need for me to come to your room to stash my illegal p

oy," I deadpanned, giving him a hor

oking bar" he said, moving the angle of his camera so I could get a glimpse of it. "Which looks super fabulous, and while coming, please don't mis

t gallery," I retor

if not the art gallery? Come down here

, and he gave me an exasperated look. "Fine, I'

had seen me at my worst and didn't make me feel like I was a weak, spinel

ether, and we'd even gone through them together at one point in time and plotted Dia

ror, fixed my hair, and checked if

bother" I huffed, then

find the bar, and Zach had an exasperated look on his face when I finally got there, but it was gone

were pissed, you defi

"You know I can never stay mad at you for more than a second, Baby girl," he said, holdi

tery doesn't wor

ur secret recipe now. I'm losing my

t. You do realize that you look like a freaking model every time you walk into

e. Kushi said you toned down.

pty glasses in front of him. "What's wron

Miguel has been on a business trip, and he doesn't even call me anymore," he murmured

d, as he made t

ate too much skinship but I've really missed you, Syb

ied automatically

you lose weight?" he asked, his hand wrapping around my waist. This was just typical Za

only one w

I'm the only

my goodness Zach, people are staring at us," I choked out as I gla

t them

will be happy seeing yo

spice up the relationship if he gets jealous over this, you kno

freaking

but for real tho, it would be very welcomed. Eve

ears. Zach snatched them away and then tried to speak into my ears about all hi

en more as his phone rang, Miguel's name popping up on th

ook at the people at the bar, who, by the way, must have been mortified by our lack of

g to the man who stood beside her. It was something about the color of the suit that drew me to stare at him,

carry-on harder. His face came into view, and my heart stop

the same. Oh! he was still the most perfect human I'd ever set eyes on, but his Aura was darker now, and even his ha

the anger that had never really manifested all these years crashed through my chest w

ing sa