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38. Dinner Date

Author: ThePurpleRune
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-12 08:34:02

RAVEN

I walked into the restaurant with the confidence of a teenager on their first day of high school. My palms were slightly sweaty as I gripped my clutch tighter than necessary. The place looked as expensive as it sounded: "Le Château Mon Beau," probably French, but I always failed my language classes anyway.

The dress I wore was aquamarine with shiny sequins at the top part, with enough push-up that made my boobs pop out. Ayra called her best friend Brielle for advice on how to secure a top sportsman, and in her words, "it's all in the boobs."

We had done a round of virtual fashion show and she settled on that one. Ayra had insisted on paying, saying she hadn't seen me this interested in someone for so long, and I was grateful because the money was a bit more than I could afford. But something was off about her, at least ever since we left her family's house.

Their dynamic was complicated, to say the least. I didn't want to push her into speaking when she wasn't ready. But I'
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