~MELISSA~The next morning, I was still lying in my bed when Desmond knocked."Come in," I said, sitting up on my lower back, the sheet pulled up from my waist downwards. He pushed the door open but didn’t step in, his hand resting on the rim of the door."Hi," he murmured, voice low and slow like he had barely slept. "Good morning." I hadn't really slept much either."I aaa… I gotta travel."Is he running away now? "Business trip?""Yeah. Something of the sort."I could tell he didn’t want to explain. Or maybe he didn’t know how to talk to me after last night."When will you be back?" I asked coldly and dry. At least, it meant I still cared to know."Tomorrow night. Or the morning after it.""Okay…"He nodded once, quick and stiff, then stepped back. "See ya!"I watched the door close slowly, the clicking sound echoing."Desmond," Almost immediately, I hurried down from the bed and ran toward the door, but just as I reached it, my hand froze above the knob. Maybe I had been too h
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