{~Cherry Reed~}I brought us to one of my favourite malls, the kind of place that didn’t just sell clothes, but sold status. Glass ceilings, polished floors, designer storefronts lined up like trophies. Everything here was curated to make you feel like you either belonged… or you didn’t.I always belonged.Or at least, I knew how to act like I did.Bella walked beside me, still buzzing with energy, sipping her drink like she hadn’t just escaped her own household drama. I, on the other hand, couldn’t stop my mind from looping the same thoughts over and over again.Nathaniel.The way he looked at me.The way he looked at my mother.It was like watching two completely different people exist in the same man.With me, he was warm. Teasing. That dangerous softness that made it too easy to forget boundaries existed at all.With my mother, he was cold. Controlled. Final.The difference was… staggering.If he wanted someone to make him forget, someone to distract him, pull him out of whatever
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