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True to Bryce's words, he woke up Nia at exactly five in the morning. He only slept two hours and he felt awful. He's not a morning person so his emotions spike up again. His head is spinning with mixed emotions right now while he is driving back to his condo. The three-hour drive became boring. He didn't even play any music to entertain Nia because of all the things he had on mind.
When she came unexpectedly to his condo, he already knew his world will be upside down. He knew that when he become happy again, there might be somethings that will happen unaccordingly and he didn't expect it to happen that soon.
He didn't even had the guts to take the baby steps for courting her and yet she give her answer right away.
Is it a good thing that she lived from a liberated country?
Will she really love me if I started to tell her what my past is?
Will she stay on my side after I tell her all the things I'm afraid off to happen?
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Bryce felt exhausted once they came back to his condo unit so he lay down on his bed, he removed his white shirt and let himself drift off to a deep slumber for a couple of hours.He was so sure that Nia also did the same that's why he indulge himself to sleep in.After all, he didn't even had any sleep last night since he got the call. He'd been stressed and his anger burst out on Nia earlier.He didn't want to ruin their mood first thing in the morning but it was ruined because of his overthinking. Maybe once his mind is clear enough to think about everything, he might have a courage to tell her about the threat and maybe, just maybe if he can tell her his past with Maristal.He taught last night that the threat is about his past and he needs to do something about it. He need enough strength to think of any solution to this problem and Nia's help would be wonderful!***Bryce didn't know what time is it when he woke
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