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ret romance with
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was partic
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nk, he cornered me in
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wanting us to torment each other
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as long as I could, but eventually, under my father
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ived, Landen cam
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st meeting sin
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placed by a sharply tailored black suit, accentuating his slender waist and long legs
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ther
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d out a
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at me ind
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e. I don't want to
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ngs was off the tabl
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ent and foll
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suddenly reached out to tuck a stray lock of hair behind my
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n pie
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ly not afra
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I tried to cover it up by taking a sip of my drink, only to
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as k
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e, his eyes as deep as a dark pool, lea
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here to hide m
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g overly sensitive, but I tho
2
felt like a lump in my th
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ing fe
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door with an undisguised gloom in his eyes, that I reali
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t your life's a
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s
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'm very happy, and my boyf
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epl
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a boyfri
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aused, "Who is he? Bring him
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judgment and can't
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ing him to the family. Are you that ea
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eto
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a long time before
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outside. When can
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iend is v
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ow after I disc
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nt of Landen, I was used to playing th
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going to indulge m
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former lover. I want to see ho
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, I held onto a
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mother, they can never
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I wasn't resistant. I was even relieved that this day h
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here would hav
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become someone else's hus
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nding this too early made
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ay, I un
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along with him would not only boost my image but also ensur
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der than me, quiet and re
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brother, he never
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s, I was particularly troublesome
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riend deal with a rival, I
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I'd get hurt, so he
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he'd join in; if I could, h
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bruised face alongside Landen. My father
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en was also injured
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her hit Landen h
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he comforted me, "Your fathe
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be the one h
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impulsively chose not to explain for Land
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Landen to see throug
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fierce glare and spat out angrily, "Your dad is gone, so
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his h
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s be nothing b
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ned away,
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belatedly became aware
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towards Landen underwent
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w kindly he treated me, m
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opinion, his kindness towards me was merely an act of
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s kindness to his mother implied that I might
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mance in college. In just ten days,
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unbel
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with grief, I called Landen to vent, e
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mate told me my brother
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lding, in the dazzlingly bright sunlight, I
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e of his over one-meter-eight height, reached out an
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n inq
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rmission to be i
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one in the dormitor
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ed to have
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aled d
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e to date, you coul
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ould it be
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a word, he drew me ti
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ting to reveal the sun. Listening to my
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hat Landen had feelings for me. Instead, I merely discove
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ad already played out a scen
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girl can't control
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yself with th
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good afternoon, and good night before Landen finally took t
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ily must
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riends must all be aware
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y instruct
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er, he was extremely kind to me,
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e aspects that girls fuss over, such as a
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ring a future that seeme
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's wealthy and beautiful female co
1
n I decide
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ide, resolutely making up my mind: 'Forget it,
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ctive, hot-tempered gir
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ou're still his
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etween the
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grow mor
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breakup, I insisted on ruining the relationship, shattering the beauty, a
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can't we no
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and find
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un into that
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terical self-overwhelmed with shame, leav
1
s a detesta
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, but refused to show
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ow of ear piercings, a testa
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they got infected,
1
felt that pain w
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o make myself feel less lonely, to
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ngs Landen wou
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n pie
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ly not afra
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really not af
1
1
slept poorly, plagued by re
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no matter how I strugg
1
hours but still fel
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ked if I was
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odd
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a bit na
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Landen shot me a pierc
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use
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ds me forcefully. His expression was so stern t
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any other
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d I rushed to the bath
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out, Lande
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nded me a cup
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eline, are you and Lande
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ybe
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o
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epl
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ide, panting. In front of my stepmom, he dragg
1
ounded as
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arth are y
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mething into my
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e a
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to see a pregnancy test kit. A strange combina
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ink I was
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he c
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on, I teased, "Nothing t
1
t have t
1
arth have you turne
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d me, his eyes fu
1
ll his expressions, but never had I seen
1
nge sense of satisfaction, yet
1
key turning in the lock, and the
1
ou pre
1
shed, with my stepmom trailing
1
y test in my hand. However, in my father's eyes, this a
1
his hand to strike, but
1
u c
1
he
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both my father
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an
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you talk to
1
exclaimed
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her's hand, silently a
1
"Let's not get angry. Whatever's happened,
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you two should h
1
mi
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e the family of three, and I was just
1
ressed. Having to plead with her from left to right just to get her to c
1
care of her mother, and no
1
misfo
1
t night outside the study
1
t aside, and stepped out from behind Lande
1
or not,it's
1
hout looking back, unwillin
1
attitude is that?" my
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e? If you dare to get pregnant out of w
1
back to t
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r was particularly concerned about his masculin
1
understand this and s
1
'm no long
1
worth caring about, you truly b
1
1
ide, the chilling wind hi
1
uggling to recover from the earlier sense of sh
1
fy collar, with only his cool eyes visible. In his arms, he held a Patr
1
the hot water bottle, spea
1
old ou
1
ook my head,
1
me somewhere. I'm
1
or hours t
1
l, Landen and I sat in fron
1
ound, just endless rows of headst
1
y mom eve
1
ith a li
1
bout us bein
1
e, endearing look. He turned to me, his eyelashes flu
1
d you break
2
d we b
2
other, while reality and dream
2
them, unable to find a moment's pea
2
't bring myself to utter this reason aloud –
2
h means I'm scar
2
ether, so I decided not to was
2
id c
2
t turned to glance at
2
you
2
mutual resentment in less than three years. In the end, it was your mom who easi
2
into th
2
ghed d
2
these thoughts wi
2
or being selfish, for leavin
2
out the world's truths and falsehoods,
2
d against the car window, starin
2
affic light was changing, a han
2
t's
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rie
2
question, bu
2
rp, tiny needle had stabbed the most
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hand and recoiled inwardl
2
you c
2
embered something
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y have a
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tened as he gazed dista
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ence and an awkwardness. I turned my body sideways a
2
se me unwaveringly, I d
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eryone is
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f emotionally stable, w
2
own, I kne
2
hing the city lights. Through the glass,
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beside me, her usual
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e, can w
2
oreboding wa
2
kn
2
2
him, she has been outstanding since childhood, picking up things rapidly. Moreover, she is very attractive.
2
ch an atmosphere has a ful
2
h just one sentence, she accurate
2
dent, plain-looking, and far fro
2
ption of the family of or
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it, I was certain s
2
nden t
2
ws, hoping my shame and embar
2
"Such a good girl, but La
2
you help me th
2
you want
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rette, I managed to control my e
2
t's a pity to miss ou
2
my hand aff
2
good
2
her words, suddenl
2
h
2
rlfr
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When I turned around to look, I h
2
er bottle with a Patrick Star design and then fix
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her up, I wi
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er a moment, my stepmother fo
2
u know your brot
2
2
kn
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ion, I quickly
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f relief and displayed her fi
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I'll go and c
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, neither of us spoke,
2
hone rang, break
2
del
2
ou mi
2
that the voice on the other e
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ck stiffen f
2
d
2
epl
2
n walked away quickly, as i
2
gure, tears I had held bac
2
my hypocrisy-pretending to be stro
2
d the patience to chat with the
2
cribable emotions were growing wildly in
2
bout things I di
2
really hate t
2
hangi
2
suddenly sa
2
a coin
2
do
2
epmother approached with a
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oyfriend now. When wi
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ed dism
2
t n
2
went out alone to a
2
osphere, I drank copiously and ate heartily, attemp
2
was f
2
and was about to fall face-first when a hand sudde
2
Landen's concerned expre
2
water balloon finally
2
tly, absorbing
2
ed my face with cold water, and looked u
2
end up l
2
voice insi
2
beside me s
2
back to
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o hear, still sta
3
ated st
3
our
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e to the alcohol, I sl
3
became Sponge
3
y are you ca
3
ide me looked a
3
star sent by Go
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et it was something that tr
3
s deepl
3
, it was ten i
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ed around the unfamiliar surro
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re
3
ome with Landen last night. Co