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Chapter Forty-Three
I stared at him in disbelief.
I never thought I was going to see him again, and yet here he was.
"...Cai?" was all I managed to say.
And then a flood of different emotions hit me all at once, overwhelming me.
...But there was one that ended up prevailing above any other.
I moved so quickly that I almost didn't even realise I did it… and slapped him across the cheek.
Immediately, I stared down at my own hand in astonishment, bewildered at myself as he covered his face.
"...I probably deserved that," he said, and half laughed the whole thing off. "Wow, you really pack a punch these days, Aria."
...Did I actually just hit him?
I thought I was happy to see him? That I wanted his forgiveness?
But I realised something else, something that had triggered me in the way he spoke.
"You don't write to me, you don't visit, and you left making me think you hated me," I snapped. "You can't just show up here, talkin
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