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Chapter 17: What's The Story With Mr. Hamilton?
Charlotte felt like everyone on the road was looking at her, though she had no way of knowing from behind the tinted car windows. It was just her guilty conscience making her feel overly observed because she shouldn't have accepted Logan's gift. Technically, she hadn't accepted it formally yet. Until she signed the car's papers, she wasn't its legal owner. But driving off with it was still a tacit acceptance.
When she got home, thankfully, no one was in the parking lot when she got off. She was looking forward to a calm, relaxing night. It had been ages since she last cooked something off the recipe book she had taken from her mother's house, and there was still some wine left. When she opened the fridge, she realized all there was left were a few scraps of things that she couldn't really combine into something edible. The pantry looked just as bare.
She made a mental note to go to the supermarket tomorrow.
Just as she pulled out a pot to boil water
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