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I felt a very big, wars inside ofto life

Any tis started to happen inside of me

It was like s that I didn’t want it to do, and I had absolutely zero control

I stayed there for longof the heel of his hand as it soothed the sore muscles in my neck He didn’t pull away until I lifted htness of the low hanging light that was directly above the table

“I want to quit school!” I blurted

He blinked at me

“Then do it,” he suggested, nota beat

I looked down at my hands that were folded acrosseach nail that I could see They were kind of haggard looking

I hadn’t had a chance to get in to remember when the last time was

It’d been years

“I want to get my nails done,” I murmured

I thought I’d done it so softly that he hadn’t heard, because he didn’t respond The round of our conversation, and there were quite a few people in the establishh the air as well

But then he picked one of e thuet them done”

He had an answer for everything

However, life wasn’t that easy One couldn’t just drop what she was doing and do what pleased her

I shrugged, feeling ain with my hand in his

What was it about this man that affected me so much?

He was stunning, and he always had been

The years that I’d known hied, sure, but he’d ht places

His beard, which had always been beautiful, had lightened, and I could now see just the slightest hint of bluish lights along the silky black on his jawline His eyes, those beautiful eyes of his, had laugh lines at the corners