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“I don’t know Most of the ti to other people’s opinions”

“Have you ever felt that way? As if you weren’t good enough”

“Most of my life”

“How did you overcome it?”

“I changed the type of people I surrounded ood enough And he kept doing it until I started to believe it myself”

“Connor?”

I nodded

“He’s your best friend”

“He’s my family”

She set close enough to you to the point that you trusted hiet to know”

“He was a relentless pain in the ass who didn’t take no for an answer When I tried to push hiive up on ave up on myself”

“A UB”

“A what?”

“A universal blessing It’s so that feels like a gift froood to be true It’s the brightest of bright spots in so That’s what Connor is to you”

Interesting concept fro like that”

“Maybe someday you’ll let me that close”

I released a low chuckle “Most people give up pretty early on”

“Yeah, but I’m not most people” She downed her wine and went to stand to her feet As she did so, she stumbled a bit forward, and I reached across my desk to steady her

“Careful,” I warned

She giggled and repeateddown at my touch on her skin “Careful,” she echoed

My heart did a weird pulling thing

That was odd

I reht

She looked atto find answers about ht up yet

She blinked and shook her head “I’m clumsy sometimes”

“It’s okay”

“Jeff always said it was annoying”

“Jeff’s an asshole”

She looked at me, a bit stunned by my words

I instantly regretted them, even if they were true “Sorry,” I muttered

“It’s okay” She looked around and then leaned forward and began to whisper “Between you and me, he’s kind of an asshole”