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Chapter Thirteen

Author: Nerdible
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Daniela’s POV

There was so much I didn’t understand when I was a child. I was the only child of my parents and I lived in a relatively big house in a nice neighbourhood. I never realised how privileged I was until my parents died and I moved in with my aunt. Her house was smaller, she couldn’t afford some things my parents used to provide for me. That realisation made me feel bad for wanting more from my dad when he had already provided so much for me.

That could explain why I was willing to accept the barest form of affection anyone showed me. So, when Justin came back to me after a company party, smelling like another woman’s perfume, all he had to say was ‘I love you so much, Ela. You’re my number one’, I’d ignore it and kiss him, happy and grateful that he always chose me in the end.

Another thing I realised, was that we didn’t have extra bedrooms at my parents’ house just for the fun of it. My parents had wanted more children, but my mother hadn’t been able to get pregnant after
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