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MARCO

I had seen her hours ago, hiding behind the glass separator of the Romano mansion, and every bone in my body wanted to drag her out and kiss her lips blue and paint her ass red to make her feel every agonising hour I’d spent without her for these three years.

Three fucking years.

She took up and left, without so much of a goodbye. Not that I deserved it but I would have eventually given her the truth once the dust had settled. Aurora needed to know that there was another side of the story of what had really happened that night, and all I was doing was protecting her, but as always, she did not wait.

I was so angry, so hurt and broken that I’d have taken her scorching rage and indifference any day rather than not seeing her at all.

I knew she was hurt, too, for that night three years ago. And she deserved to know more than what the four-minute and seventeen-second video clip had shown, but she could have given me the time.

Instead of doing something so brash and reckles
PEACHES

Thank you for continuing to read the story despite the irregular updates. Quite frankly, this is a story very close to my heart and I do NOT wish to rush it in order to give 'daily updates' and compromise the quality and emotions. With that being said, I do NOT wish to make you, my lovely readers, wait too long for updates. So, please bear with me and I promise to give you all a worth-reading love story of Marco and Aurora and with two-three updates in a week.

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Rishi Nicki
Those lovely promises (about updates) were fake or what?
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Trin19
Thank you so much. I love this story!
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