Pepper POVThe minute Victor walked inside the door, I knew something was amiss.Our eyes connected, and my breath hitched when I read the pain that he was trying so hard to disguise when he looked at me.But I knew him.I was five years old when I realized that I loved Victor Gunner not as a friend, but as a possible husband.“I want to marry Victor when I grow up.” I would often say, and he would blush. Victor, who was six years older than me, blushed profusely after hearing my bold announcement.Then, he broke my heart the first time when I told him I liked him. I was a teenager back then, and Victor was ready to take on the world as an adult.“You are too young. Go have a crush on someone your age.”“But I don’t want them. I want you.” I insisted.My young heart shattered when he told me that he did not like me.“I like someone else.”Change in our life’s circumstances forced us to fall apart. And then years later, while I was in College, bam! I collided with Emily Gunner, Victor’
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