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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

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Skyla

I was currently curled up in Ed’s favourite couch, a bag of chips in hand watching a rerun of my favourite dating show.

The events of these past few weeks tugging at the back of my mind, refusing to let go, I needed the perfect distraction. Something to keep me from drowning in my thoughts.

But then clearly it wasn’t working.

I hated sitting idle without doing anything. Writing had been my life, a chore that I couldn’t do without, but one I loved anyway. It was like my life necessity as much as passion.

But now, even that one thing was no longer mine, I had just transferred the last manuscript I was working on to my former publisher.

Months of hard work just flushed down the drain.

“We need to talk, Sky.” Ed’s voice boomed over the commercial that was playing on the TV as he made his way towards me.

Two cups of hot chocolate in hand, which has quickly become our nightly ritual, a small comfort in the midst of a
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