IMANILunch was horror.I sat through it like a ghost, hands in my lap, food untouched on the plate in front of me. The noise around the table was loud, laughter, jokes, Valeria’s shrill voice carrying above the rest. But inside my head, everything was muffled, like I was underwater.What the fuck is this!Aaron sat beside me, too close, his arm brushing mine whenever he leaned back. His smirk never faded. Every second stretched, every breath too heavy.“Aaron, please let me go,” I begged.“Come on, relax,” he said to me. “Damn, you are so uptight,” he rolled his eyes comically.“She is always like that,” Valerie chipped in. “Never knowing how to have fun,” she tsked. Soon his friends joined us, sliding into chairs with loud greetings, all of them drawn to Valeria’s side of the table. She thrived under their attention, tossing her hair, making jokes at my expense whenever she could squeeze them in.It didn’t matter. Their disinterest in me was written all over their faces. They ba
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