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Chapter 28: Video call

Author: Diza
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-05 00:07:39

Xavier’s POV

This is bullshit. Why was I opening a new account just to follow Tara?

I stared at my phone screen, my thumb hovering over the "Create Account" button. What the hell was wrong with me? I couldn't believe what I was about to do. I knew I despised Tara. Tara also despised me; we were known for always pranking each other, always at each other's throats. Our whole relationship had been built on mutual hatred and competition. But now I was about to stalk her?

My mind kept flashing back to the beach, to her body in that tiny bikini, to the way she moved in the water. The image was burned into my brain, the way the water droplets ran down her skin, how her wet hair clung to her shoulders, the curves of her body that I couldn't stop thinking about. I hated myself for it, but I couldn't get the images out of my head. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her.

The really stupid fact was that earlier at the beach, I had gone to a corner to take a picture using a nose mask, making sure
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