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Bethany go home alone? Did you

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always saying I was co

at he should actuall

s awake,"

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to sleep in the bed we chose together, usin

was my first love, first ki

our seven-year relationshi

up for

by me, and I couldn't quit

sroom, plopping down next to me, and grum

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tting back together a hundred times, but I couldn't a

gently brushed my nose with his f

will never be an

grew moi

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coffee shop located on the g

hree years ago, and his naturally

that Braeden's curls made

he saw me, it seemed like he wanted to a

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otions that were unclear, his A

ouldn't regain consciousness. Jere was like someone possess

met Bethany that he

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er, his hand clenching into a f

ou have gon

here? I'm engaged to Jere, and you want

with Bethany!" Braeden

start. You're selfish, cold, and bristling with

when he was with you? He was careful no

had poked a hole in it with a needle and poured

l you all thi

me. He gestured for

, hand in hand

ly, while Jere smiled and his

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, let Jere go,"

at if I