OliviaA week later. It had been an entire week since I had last seen him, since that night I had driven home fuming, furious, humiliated, blocking his number as if that tiny act could erase him from my world.A week since he had vanished again.Jake, my boss, had not shown up to the office once in seven full days. His absence was like a shadow draped over the entire building, everyone whispered, speculated mostly because never really missed a day at work, everyone tiptoed around the uncertainty like we were all waiting for the floor to give way. But somehow, in the chaos and the rumors, I had managed to settle back into my old routine that I knew so well.Work, Kyle., Home, Repeat.Routine was my safe place, my armor. And I clung to it with everything I had left, letting the familiar rhythm muffle the sting every time someone mentioned his name.I told myself I was over it. Over him.I told myself I didn&rsq
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