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CHAPTER 53

Author: Scarlett Cyn
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-02 23:21:29

Katherine

We’re in Bali.

Just when I think things can’t get any better, Dorian goes and does something like this. A surprise trip to Bali.

It’s crazy and wonderful. But so is my life now. I have a life that’s better than I could have ever dreamed. It turns out that the gallery exhibit three years ago was just the beginning. My sketches and paintings have been selling well. I’m not exactly making millions of dollars, but I’m making enough money to do art full-time now that I’ve graduated from college, and that makes me indescribably happy.

My father wasn’t thrilled about the whole art thing, but he’s come around. We’re cordial, and that’s good enough. He’s decided not to run for President, after all.

He’s even been talking about retiring from politics altogether.

I guess sometimes people do change.

Dorian and I are both living proof of that. Dorian isn’t the person he was when we fell in love...and hate...that summer in New Hampshire. He’s grown up, into someone I’m proud to stand besi
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