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~Kate~ Two whole weeks had passed like my life decided to press fast forward without asking me for permission, and somehow, in between Christmas chaos, New Year noise, my mother’s constant correction since I got back home, and the sudden shift into second semester stress, everything that happened with Nathan Reid had… faded. Not disappeared. Let’s not lie. But faded just enough to stop haunting me every five seconds like it used to. It no longer sat on my chest like a heavy secret that refused to let me breathe, and I hated how normal that felt. Because what do you mean I can go hours… actual hours… without thinking about the fact that I almost ruined my entire life in one night? That should not be possible. And yet… here I was. Walking beside Yssa on campus like a normal human being who had not committed emotional crimes over the holidays. Life was rude like that. It doesn’t pause for your mess. It just keeps moving like nothing happened. “Hmmm…” Yssa suddenly took a de

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~~Kate~~Her excitement was so loud it should have come with a warning sign, like caution, chaos ahead, because the way she grabbed my arm and started jumping like I had just announced free money instead of a blind date made me question every decision that led me to this moment.“Oh my God, we need to prepare,” she said, already dragging me again like I didn’t have legs of my own, like I was just an accessory she could carry around when needed, “this is serious, Kate, this is your first official grown woman date, we cannot let you show up looking like you’re going to a group discussion.”I blinked slowly.“First of all,” I said, trying to keep up with her pace, “I have gone on dates before.”She stopped so abruptly I almost walked into her back.Then she turned.And gave me a look.Not just any look.A look that said she was about to disrespect my entire dating history.“Those don’t count because you I practically dragged you to those date,” she said flatly.My jaw dropped.“Excuse me

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~~Kate~~“You look beautiful,” my blind date said the moment I stepped out, his voice smooth, warm, and confident in a way that didn’t feel forced, and for a second, I just stood there, blinking at him like my brain needed a moment to catch up with what was happening.Because wow.My mother did not come to play.“You don’t look bad yourself,” I responded, my lips curving slightly despite myself as I took him in properly, and I hated how accurate my words were because “not bad” was actually an understatement.Daniel was… composed.That was the first thing that came to my mind.Not just good looking, because yes, he was that too, tall, clean, well put together like he stepped out of one of those “perfect son-in-law” conversations mothers love to have, but there was something else.Something calm.Something steady.Something that didn’t make me feel like I was about to make a bad decision.And that alone felt… new.“Pardon my manners, I’m Daniel,” he said, extending his hand toward me, h

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~~Kate~~“Maybe.”That was the last thing I said before everything shifted in a way I did not see coming, because one second I was sitting across from Daniel, smiling, relaxed, letting myself enjoy something simple and calm for the first time in what felt like forever, and the next second I heard a voice that did not belong in this moment, a voice I knew too well, a voice my body recognized before my mind could even process what was happening.My fingers tightened slightly around the glass in my hand as my entire body went still, like something inside me had just pressed pause without asking for permission, and for a brief second I told myself I was imagining it, because there was no way he was here, no way he could just appear in the middle of my night like this, no way the one person I had worked so hard to push out of my head would show up right when I was finally starting to feel normal again.“Kate?” Daniel called softly, his voice pulling at my attention, and I turned back to hi

Fifty five

~~Nathan~~Two weeks. That was how long I stayed away, like distance alone could fix something that had already gone too far, like putting miles between us would somehow quiet what she had already stirred inside me, but the truth was ugly and simple, and I was done pretending otherwise.It didn’t work.Not even a little.Because no matter where I went, no matter who I surrounded myself with, no matter how busy I kept my schedule or how many distractions I forced into my life, she followed me.Not physically.That would have been easier.She stayed in my head.In my thoughts.In the way my body reacted at the most inconvenient times, in the way her face would show up uninvited, clear as day, like she had every right to be there.It was frustrating.Annoying.And worse part of all this shit was seeing her face when I was fucking another, I even moaned her name, I fucking called another woman her name, this shit was insane. Only the thought of her made me hard, others don’t even arose me

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