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Now alone, she sank down onto the closed toilet and dropped her head into her hands Good Lord, her life had draht and narrow life anymore Her parents would’ve been proud, sheto shed the tension

She lifted her head, stood up, and moved toward the sink She stared at herself in thethe paleness of her skin and the darkness in her eyes She looked like shit

Knowing she needed to get this over with, she splashed soht was on in the living roo near the bay , staring out into the dark night, arms folded

A thousand things rushed through her oing on here”

He turned to her “Come here”

She went over to hi in her throat The warathered her in his arently across her cheek, while his other hand rested on her lower back “Chloe,” he began, a o there If only you’d listened—”

She rolled her eyes and stepped out of his hold “That’s not the way to begin this conversation”

A frown pulled at his in this conversation”

“I don’t know” She began to pace the roo to fix anything First, I’ve done nothing wrong Second, you have no right to be mad at me”

“Fine You wanna play that gaer “First, you should have asked er “Second, as your reaction showed, it’s not the place for you Which I told you”

She stopped by the entrance to the living roo her arize because I wanted to see so for myself”

“I don’t expect you to apologize But let ht, did you like it?” He took a powerful step toward her, eyes ablaze “Did it bring us closer together? Or did it put distance between us? Are you noorried that I want you to be the type of subht?”

She shivered as he closed in on her, the air shifting with each step he took, growing hotter and thicker “Should I be worried about that?”

“No” He kept on walking forward, which sent her backing out of the living rooasped He pressed his warht?”

Flaulped “I wanted to understand”