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Chapter Eighteen: Privileged

Author: Beth Venning
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The next morning, I woke up fully tangled with Baxter in bed who was already wide-awake staring down at me with a smile, a content sort of look in his eyes. What I had realised since meeting Baxter, his mind seems to always be on the go, he doesn’t allow himself to sit in the moment long enough to battle with his thoughts. So, to see him lay next to me without a million thoughts seeming to swirl around his eyes, it was different but nice, did Baxter have another side to him that I’m for some reason allowed to see?

Once I had managed to pull myself out of bed and away from Baxter, I head into the shower and begin to wash not only all of the sweat from last night but the worry from when Justin appeared at the door. I was still unsure if I was doing the right thing by staying here, yes, what I told Baxter last night was true, I would much rather stay here with him and know for some reason, I have found somebody who cares about me. But what if I’m simply a sitting duck here, what’s going
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