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THE APPROPRIATE CHOICE

ผู้เขียน: Leeya Tu
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Maeve's POV

I said yes to Preston because my mother was watching and I needed to appear normal.

That was the honest version of it. The version I told myself on the drive to the restaurant, sitting in the back of the car my mother had arranged because of course she had arranged a car, because every part of this evening had been arranged by someone other than me.

Preston had called, not texted, which my mother had noted approvingly when I mentioned it. He had suggested a restaurant downtown th
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