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Safe and Scared
Aria
Sebatian’s room is clean. There is nothing at all left for me to do. So… I am sitting on his couch, a book in my hand, not open, the TV in front of me off, trying to figure out my life.
I know he has said not to worry about his father, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to keep from that. I can just imagine Sebastian sitting in his father’s office, across from the senior Mr. Kurts, telling him that he’s in love with the maid. Mr. Kurts will roll his eyes and tell his son to get himself together. Of course he will. What else can he do? It’s dishonorable to his family for him to even consider wanting to be with someone like me.
Yet, Sebastian says that he wants to be with me, that he needs to be with me. He feels the mate pull every bit as much as I do, and it’s not easy to ignore. It’s
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