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CHAPTER 31:FRANK’S Pov;I’d been pacing outside Mimi’s dorm for at least fifteen minutes, dragging my hand through my hair until it stuck up in every direction. I wasn’t even trying to look composed anymore. I’d lost that privilege somewhere between kissing her like I owned her and realizing that hell I didn’t own shit. Not her heart. Not her trust. Not even her damn attention most days.I don’t know what the hell was happening to me, but this girl had me acting like I’d been rewired. Like somebody reached into my chest and turned a knob too far.And now everything in me ran too loud.I should’ve walked away after the apartment incident. But instead, the moment I reached her dorm building, something in me went quiet. Like my body knew where I needed to be before my brain did.And that was the scary thing.Because needing Mimi Salvador was becoming the one thing I couldn’t talk myself out of anymore.I lean

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CHAPTER 32:Mimi’s Pov;I swear, the universe has a personal vendetta against me.Maybe it’s karma for every spicy fanfic I’ve ever written. Or maybe it’s just the fact that I said out loud that things were finally getting better. The universe hates when I do that. It always waits until I’m smiling like an idiot, then kicks me straight in the chest.And here I am again, staring at the ceiling of my room, my heart still racing from everything that happened last night: the fight, the jealousy, Danny’s motherfreaking confession, Frank nearly punching him, me crying into a pillow like life wasn’t stressful enough.And the worst part?I missed Frank.Even after everything, even after the yelling and the chaos and the messy, confusing emotions I missed him. My chest felt heavy with it, like a tight fist squeezing my ribs each time my brain replayed the way he stormed out last night, slamming my door behind him like he was afra

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CHAPTER 33:Mimi’s Pov;I wasn’t ready to deal with him yet.And I wasn’t ready to deal with Frank either.But avoiding both of them?That felt even worse.By 6:12 a.m., I gave up on pretending to sleep. I rolled out of bed and almost tripped over the giant hoodie Frank had left in my room last night. His scent still lingered on it warm, masculine, addicting. It pissed me off how just smelling it made my chest squeeze.“Get a grip, Mimi,” I muttered, tossing it onto my desk like it had personally offended me.The sky outside my window was a muted gray, the kind of dawn that felt like the world was holding its breath. I splashed cold water on my face, brushed my tangled hair into something presentable, and forced myself into jeans and a sweater before grabbing my bag.Today, I was going to face the world.Even if I hated it.The campus hallway buzzed the moment I stepped inside. People weren

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CHAPTER 34:Mimi’s Pov;The worst part about waking up wasn’t the headache, or the sunlight stabbing through my curtains like it was personally offended by me, or even the dull ache in my chest that had become my daily companion.It was the silence.A heavy, suffocating silence that felt like someone had piled blankets over my face and held them down. No Frank banging on my door. No annoying texts calling me glasses in a million different insulting variations. No excessive confidence dripping through the cracks of my phone screen like he owned the entire world including me.Just… nothing.If sadness had a sound, it would be this silence. Loud. Echoing. Smothering.I sat up slowly, hugging my knees to my chest. My room still smelled like him aftershave, something warm, something sharp. I hated that my stupid heart recognized it instantly. I hated that it made my stomach drop, because I knew he wasn’t here. Because we were

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CHAPTER 35:MIMI'S Pov;He walked toward the door, pausing before opening it.“And Mimi?”“Yeah?”He swallowed. “I’ll always care about you. Even if I’m… not the one.”My throat clenched. “Danny ”“Go find him,” he said. “Before he breaks in here and drags you out himself.”I almost laughed. Almost.But my chest was too tight.The moment he stepped outside, my heart started racing not because Danny left……but because all I could think about was Frank.Frank’s anger.Frank’s silence.Frank’s broken look last night.And the terrifying fear that maybe I’d lost him.I grabbed my jacket, shoved my hair into something that resembled order, and stepped outside.I didn’t know where I was going yet.But I knew who I needed to find.I don’t know what hurt more that afternoon, the way my heart wouldn’t stop beating like it wa

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CHAPTER 36: FRANK’S Pov; I swear, there are days when I feel like I can deal with the whole damn world, and then there are days like this… days when the only thing on my mind is her. And I hate how true that sounds. I hate how it’s starting to feel like my entire life spins around a girl who used to glare at me like I was the worst kind of bacteria on a petri dish. But here I am anyway, leaning against the wall outside her dorm building, trying not to look like some pathetic guy waiting for his girlfriend to finish her class. Except she’s not really my girlfriend… or she is… or she isn’t… Christ, even I don’t know anymore. Fake relationships were supposed to be simple. You agree on boundaries, pretend in public, keep things separate. But Mimi Salvador doesn’t do “simple.” She complicates everything in the most beautiful and infuriating way. I push off the wall when I see her hair tied up,

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CHAPTER 37:Mimi’s Pov!I swear my heart has been living on a damn roller coaster lately. It felt like every time I thought things were finally settling down between Frank and me, something new snapped inside my chest and pushed me back into the chaos. And today… Today was one of those days where everything inside me felt too loud, too heavy, too much.I sat on the edge of my bed, knees pulled to my chest, staring at the soft glow of my phone screen. Frank had texted me ten minutes ago: “On my way. Don’t lock your door.”Three hours ago, those words would’ve made my stomach twist with butterflies and heat. Now? My stomach twisted with a different kind of ache, one I didn’t want to name.I sighed and buried my face in my hands. My whole room smelled like vanilla body spray and the faint lingering scent of Frank’s cologne from last night. Every time I breathed in, I felt this strange mixture of longing and fear. Fear that I was falling too deep…

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CHAPTER 38:MIMI’S Pov;I didn’t sleep the night before.Not even for a second.My body lay still on the mattress, but my mind kept replaying everything Frank’s voice, Frank’s confession, Frank’s eyes when he looked at me like I was the only girl that existed in his world. Every second I remembered the way his fingers brushed my chin, the way he tugged me closer like I belonged under his touch… my stomach twisted.But the moment I remembered how I had pulled away from him because Danny had shown up, a sharp stab of guilt assaulted my chest again.I tried closing my eyes a few times, but my thoughts kept tossing and turning, refusing to let me rest. All I could hear in my head was Frank whispering:“Do you want me, Mimi?”My heart clenched each time. I hated how his voice lingered between my ribs even when he wasn’t around. I hated how it warmed me. I hated how it made me feel… wanted.And I hated how Danny a

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CHAPTER 39:FRANK’S Pov;I swear there are days when I wonder if Mimi Salvador was handcrafted specifically to ruin my sanity. And then there are days like today when I’m convinced she was meant to save me.But right now?Right now, I’m pacing my damn dorm room like some rabid dog, trying to make sense of the last twenty-four hours.I can’t get the image out of my head.Her face.Her shaking voice.Her staring at the ground like she had swallowed all the world’s guilt.And worst of all Danny calls her “pathetic.”The word burns in my ear like poison. I can’t stand that asshole. And yeah, I’ve hated him long before any of this started, but lately… it’s different. It’s personal. It’s sharp. It’s like jealousy dipped in barbed wire.She told me she didn’t want to see him, and didn't want to talk to him. She told me she just wanted peace.But then she left my place that afternoon

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CHAPTER 40:FRANK’S Pov;I don’t think there’s a version of the universe where I ever get used to the way she walks away from me.Not because she does it dramatically or with some kind of movie-like flair. No. Mimi walks away like she’s carrying five different heartbreaks at once, trying her hardest not to let even one of them spill out of her eyes. And somehow that feels worse than someone slamming a door in your face.The door to her dorm closes softly behind her, and I’m left staring at the wood like an idiot, trying not to punch it down.I lean against the hallway wall and drag a hand across my face.It’s been exactly three minutes since our argument and three minutes since she told me she needed “space.”Space.God, I hate that word.But I let her have it, because that’s what you do when you care too damn much about someone who still isn’t sure you’re safe to love.I press my head back on

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