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“Justin?”

“What?”

“Shut up and kiss me”

She woke up with a s yesterday In fact, there was no sex involved at all After they kissed, they spend the rest of the ti She had never heard hiht He was ani to a dear friend, or a lover But she was his lover, wasn’t she?

Nothing was said about how she felt, but she knew he felt it And she felt so to like her, wasn’t he? It was finally beco to her Her happiness overflowed as she set about for work despite lacking sleep The way he kissed her last night was different, like their last act of love noith confidence She wondered if he was late for work too, wondered if he felt as energetic as she did because of their first real date last night

Her work day had gone along pretty well, and she had sent in her application for that nursing scholarship in Santa Monica before she went to work It was an iether, then she wouldtrip just to study, and she would do it willingly

She was getting ahead of herself, wasn’t she? But she s her way, that he was beginning to reciprocate So that cold bastard actually had emotions deep down, and she had cracked him open She wondered if he showed that side of him to the others It didn’tthat contract was going to change Feelings e

He hadn’t texted or called her today and she wondered if he was busy again, and she felt better that he was He’s working for our future, she jokingly told herself There was no shortage of giddiness today, and she found herself texting hi was There was no response yet, but she was all right with it

She would resign next week, to prepare herself for classes She had a good feeling she’d be getting that scholarship She had, in fact, written a letter to her boss already He wouldn’t be pleased, but he would be happy she was doing this for her future career Mikaela wondered if Justin was all right with her chosen path She was no millionaire heiress, she was no celebrity, but she worked diligently and with passion She hoped Justin would find that enough

She received a text at four in the afternoon

Please check bank account

Did he send her ain? He had sent her 2,000 last week It was too et to school Maybe this was his way of helping her move to Santa Monica What a sweetheart

What’s it for? she had asked

Just for you

And that was it No other pleasantries She wondered how long this was going to last, his penchant for stiff behavior in nearly everything She shrugged it off There was a reason for this money, and that was to help her She told herself she’d pay hi With that thought, Mikaela continued to work happily