Time flowed like water in a swift stream.When Ivan's crime came to light, the news remained a hot topic for a long while. After all, he had been the handsome and successful hopeless romantic in everyone's heads. The headlines grew more sensational by the day, with titles like "The two sides of a businessman", "A decade of stalking", and "Beware of delusional psychos."The online community and those who had once admired Ivan admitted they'd been wrong about him. Some women even confessed they now feared to glance at or help a stranger on the street for fear of their intentions being misinterpreted.My parents and close friends were worried about me too, and when Tara found out about what had happened, she hugged me and sobbed, saying she had been fooled by Ivan as well.Although the whole thing freaked me out, I didn't have much connection with him, so I quickly returned to my normal life.However, Ashley never truly healed. She couldn't bring herself to date again and would t
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