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I was afraid to raise my head up… a fear I didn’t know why… but it went away when I saw the sky… to find myself falling up.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrkB6MPZCX
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The space was so tight it felt suffocating, as if it were upside down … Pain spread through her body like fire and smoke filling the air. 48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxQvra6VEB
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Her vision was blurry, yet she could still make out the figure of a man in front of her, soaked in blood, motionless, showing no signs of life. And the body of a woman, seemingly young, her features obscured by wounds … The pristine white of her dress nowstained a dark crimson color 48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyh7ALnINX
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The blaring of sirens and honking of cars grew louder, intensifying her headache and dizziness, as if she were trapped in a whirlwind. 48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPOVfYW7Ju
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Darkness began closing in from all sides, and those piercing eyes appeared, staring at her. Hands reached out—strangling her, restraining her already bound body. She could feel breaths, whispers like hissing at her ears:48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu4x2tdNS1
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«It’s your fault.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaaaYXKOt9
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«You’re a murderer.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0PW1ZofUK
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«You should have died instead.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg450VAKG1S
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«Cursed witch.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8F3dCRGoJI
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The grip on her neck tightened, suffocating her, her lungs desperate for air as she thrashed in a futile attempt to escape.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RkPYYp1fP
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She gasped awake, filling her lungs with air, drenched in sweat, leaving damp imprints on the bedsheet.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR5ga1PwpR
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It took her a few minutes to catch her breath and grasp what was happening around her.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouKktiqLib
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«A dream… no, a nightmare.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIJmMvuj4n
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She turned her gaze toward the clock.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqa8EKp07y
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4:30 AM.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTfdPiufau
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Really? She had only slept for half an hour!48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LdHw8Plxu
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Yes, Eileen’s old and unwelcome friend had returned—insomnia—bringing along its usual gift: nightmares.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBxZkCKp6N
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Since she met Arthur, her nightmares had lessened. She had even managed to sleep for a few hours sometimes.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH36c90OJQC
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But as Arthur once said, he would be away for a while…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiMDkHSUsW
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It had been three days, maybe more, since their last meeting.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNmLUj6GcH
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And there was still about a week left until their agreed-upon reunion.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILD9O4Xdk5
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Arthur had completely vanished, to the point where Eileen started doubting his existence—was he just an illusion? A figment of her imagination?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC6hc4n9RP
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If it weren’t for the kite she had found yesterday, which she believed he had sent either late at night or before dawn, and for his scarf still hanging by the door…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFewnOyDX6I
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Dragging herself to the bathroom, she decided that even though the sun had yet to rise, it was better to get up than to drown in bed and thoughts that led nowhere.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZoIZGRGVg
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For in the absence of the sun, all thoughts turn dark and bleak.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRA0NMRBwC
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Stepping out of the bathroom, she was met with her reflection in the mirror.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs2Mn6mXnv
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She had long planned to get rid of it or give it to some random person… Her own image was not something she wanted to see.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnnPEEeIqC
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Perhaps she was simply blind to the truth—that she was beautiful.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw074MMU5Nd
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Exquisitely so, though hidden behind a veil of exhaustion and shadows of sleepless nights.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUzUfxxEtf
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She resembled a weary angel, yet all she could focus on were the dark circles beneath her eyes, the pallor of her skin reminiscent of a vampire’s, and the noticeable frailty of her figure.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4N1NNjGsH
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She finally turned away from her reflection, shifting her attention to the window, where she noticed the paper airplane resting nearby.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBDNZM5wnS
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A slight smile appeared on her lips and her features softened with relief. 48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOE6SmGRNL
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She read the words written on it, then carefully folded it, placing it alongside its sisters in the glass box—a habit she had picked up ever since the first kite landed on her floor… and in her heart.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPzZxt4FJ5
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After changing her clothes, she put on her coat and scarf—actually, Arthur’s scarf—choosing it over her own.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU2osT70sL
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Why?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6irSsrVTv
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Perhaps because she wanted to feel Arthur’s presence around her after his disappearance?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmyPWlUhVF
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Or maybe because it was warmer?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTzf5ZAgjC
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Or maybe… because she missed the owner of that scarf?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2yMVWGPKl
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Who knew… No one, not even Eileen.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCgSYFfAEE
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Or perhaps she did know… but preferred to ignore the feelings that had been stirring within her lately.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcNKSzFtDP
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Feelings for someone who lived next door, whom she knew nothing about, who had suddenly entered her life and changed thousands of things—without even doing anything.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SpFXF9tVE
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The moment she stepped outside, the cold wind kissed her face, prompting her to shove her hands into her pockets and bury her face and nose into the scarf.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdflIQ3z5b
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With her usual slow, unchanging steps, and eyes embracing the sky, she wandered aimlessly before sunrise.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2nRSHvqfP
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She used to never lift her gaze from the ground while walking—at any time, in any place.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvKKQXZGEZ
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But now, ever since the first time she gazed at the sky with Arthur… she had fallen in love with that vast expanse.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mN0JiGJGG
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She had grown to adore its star-studded blackness, its blue streaked with white clouds, and the fiery hues of sunset.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5x8Lv7IJ4
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She cherished its stars, its moon, its sun.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4YIDdnT29
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She found solace only in contemplating them.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm6I3wd7EZ
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And there, on the bridge overlooking the vast sea, she watched the sun rise, casting golden rays that reminded her of someone.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPIWpb0wJt
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She could almost see Arthur’s silhouette watching it with her.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVN25CGXILV
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«I see you everywhere… What have you done to be so deeply etched in my mind? We barely know each other… And yet, feeling all of this while we’re practically strangers—it’s unsettling…»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8mANA6apl
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Arthur had appeared suddenly at the start of December.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAc9LnyYsi
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And now, the month was nearing its end.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5FMeHHd6e
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Yet, he had become an integral part of Eileen’s routine.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZqwugby9z
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That in itself was a cause for concern… and fear.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj67a1nO15k
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What if Eileen grew too attached to him?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iQ0RslJ54
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And in the end, he left—because she had never truly mattered to him in the first place.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKLrIuBgGa
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What if his actions were nothing more than pity for a depressed girl?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7XMHaYYAZ
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Or perhaps he just wanted some company during his stay—nothing more.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsTLjyaUzV
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Eileen doubted her place in Arthur’s life… Not just in his, but in everyone’s.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRc7AyPirf
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She had always been replaceable.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdfvls88iP
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She had never been anyone’s number one.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy56decCh5X
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That planted within her a perpetual fear of abandonment.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbj7ROp7uK
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And in an attempt to avoid pain, she had become even more withdrawn than before.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZqIJ3BaKU
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Then, problems began piling up, one after the other—shaking her confidence, isolating her, fueling self-blame, overthinking, and insomnia…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e0gKQQjkp
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All shaping her into the person she was now.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LLzbGQfFR
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She still believed she didn’t deserve love.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNSzaRJ5l4
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That she was a curse to everyone around her.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBLx6bijKs
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Memories, old events—still shackled to her.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhledglcNO5
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For nightmares are merely echoes of memories and experiences we failed to overcome, unable to cast them into the farthest corners of our minds.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjngf3IDYuQ
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And so, they return to haunt us… until we face them.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTsx22EHm2
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A sudden gust of cold wind snapped her out of her thoughts.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvkz3l8hjj
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Noticing that the sun had already risen, she realized it was time to head to work.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISmEqTyA4V
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And so, the days passed for Eileen, as if she had fallen back into her endless loop.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMlTX44OM5
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The dark thoughts in her mind never ceased—they spoke day and night, at all times, in all places, driving her to the brink of madness.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJJDQVBRDL
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A heavy week crawled by, and the awaited day finally arrived.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw3SGyKPjz
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She dressed well—or at least, she tried to look presentable.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac9UVYGwi6
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Standing beneath the streetlight where she always met Arthur, she counted the minutes and seconds.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtkXerqiiV
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«He’s late… What if he doesn’t come?»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGIbmyjDE4
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Doubt gnawed at her once more.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgDmbEdgKH
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Why would Arthur leave his friends and family just to wander around with her?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH41fwHR4bH
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With his bright personality and handsome face, she was sure he was quite popular.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDI8Zs5ZYT
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Meanwhile, Eileen… Well, she didn’t want to start another self-loathing spiral.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwAg8KQBgQ
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But honestly, spending time with her would be a waste. She wasn’t fun, nor a great conversationalist, nor did she possess a remarkable personality or beauty…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMShOINj2rs
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She shut her eyes tightly, covering her ears, as a cacophony of intrusive thoughts and noise swelled in her head.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4xKAVr4be
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Then—48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCErrtxoSj
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A hand rested on her shoulder.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0C0UbVdhp
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She slowly opened her eyes, looking up to meet his worried blue gaze.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKAmer0av2
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«Eileen, is something wrong? Are you okay?»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49N6AWaEUw
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He offered his hand to help her up, and she grasped it.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcMzKeEv65
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«I’m fine… I just got tired of standing, so I sat down for a bit.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetrYelxGYa
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«Good. I’m really sorry for being late… I’ll make it up to you with a meal—my treat.»48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBMapOb4QZ
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And as always, in Arthur’s presence, all those thoughts and voices fell silent, granting her a few minutes of peace.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZexPMVZ3N
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She smiled faintly and nodded.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyJpasRjCZ
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As usual, he intertwined their fingers and tucked their hands into his pocket.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUScKTugNqm
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They exchanged a few glances before walking on, each holding countless questions but they kept it to themselves. —choosing instead to savor the moment.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdePl7llMs
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And for a fleeting second, Eileen felt guilty for the dark thoughts she had about Arthur earlier.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGGSzzzMo9
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They continued their walk, silence accompanying them, under the glow of the moon and stars…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJycWanVEd2
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Hoping for a beautiful night.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAEoCQQo7H
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And a beautiful start to the new year.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5yLItQGwT
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So what caused Arthur's disappearance? 48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3A7NdcvaQ
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Where will things lead them?48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNDFWvFeYX
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And where will their relationship end?
Thanks for reading.
♡With love ♡
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