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Jake

I had to take a deep breath and calm my bursts of anger. I didn’t want to show weakness, but seeing Thomas’s name light up on Kiara’s phone screen came rushing back to my mind the moment I took the first step away from her.

Walking away was almost automatic, like a reflex I couldn’t control. My ego wouldn’t allow anything else. That second when I saw it, that second when I knew it was him, left behind a bitter sensation I didn’t know how to shake off. As I walked down the hallway, the pressure didn’t ease with movement.

It wasn’t the first time I’d felt this way when it came to her, and it was starting to become a damn nuisance.

I climbed the stairs slowly, feeling a strange weight inside my chest. It wasn’t pure anger. It wasn’t rage. It was something more uncomfortable, deeper, something that made me feel exposed, but not in front of her. In front of myself. In front of my ego.

I went into my old bedroom and shut the door behind me with a sharp, almost impulsive movement.
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You mean like you did when you told irina you made the flight?
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