Chapter 93KYLE"Why not?" Darius asked, looking perplexed at the fact that I had turned it down, despite the signals that I had given him earlie . "What's stopping you?""My family," I said simply, shrugging my shoulders, not bothering to explain my history to me. I lost control for a brief moment and allowed myself to have a little bit of fun, but that didn't change my story and what I was here to do, one bit. "My obligations. My cousin is getting engaged tonight, and I'm expected to—""To what? Stand quietly in the background while they use you as a prop in their social climbing? Is that the only thing you are worth to them?"The accuracy of his assessment stung, but I couldn't deny it."It's complicated," I repeated, not knowing what else to tell him."It doesn't have to be," Darius replied. "You could choose yourself for once instead of choosing them."Before I could respond to that, he was kissing me again, softer this time but no less intense than the previous one. I held on, f
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