The words felt like a punch, knocking all the air out of my system. I stared at Zander, really stared at him, waiting for him to grin and say that he was pulling my legs. Then I'd curse him, call him an asshole for making such a dry joke, only that it didn't happen. He didn't grin, his expressions remained hard, his jaws clenched. Then it hit me, the realization that this was not some fucking dry joke or Zander pulling another one of his annoying pranks. I stepped back and shook my head. “ That's impossible! You are fucking lying.” I screamed, unwilling to believe it. Zander's gaze never left me and I could see it, the pain, the grief he had concealed earlier. “ Pearl…” Zander called, taking a step closer. “ Stop!” I screamed. “ Don't come any closer! Don't fucking do it until you tell me you are lying.” The desperation in my voice could not be hidden and the tears I had convinced myself didn't look demure fell. “ I wish I could do that but this is the reality
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