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17. Wonder

Author: Chrissy
last update Huling Na-update: 2022-08-09 22:51:25

He felt a bit out of it and decided to take a drive to free his mind, to arrange his thoughts that seemed so jumbled at the moment. Tugging off his tie he grabbed his keys and headed out of his office. A few minutes later he was behind the wheel and cruising to no specific place in mind. His windows were down and he could feel the cool evening breeze against his face. The sky above was washed in an array of pinks, red and oranges with the splash of white clouds. It would soon start to darken, his mind settled on Sophie a bit, yes after the incident she had begged him, but he hadn’t been interested in an explanation.

He already knew most of the details behind the story, then a week after that she had just left. She hadn’t even had begged for his forgiveness for at least two weeks as yet before she had disappeared. Back then he had laughed at himself for being in love with a woman who didn’t love him. A woman who didn’t even have the mind to grovel a bit after her mistake. But now that
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