I Surrender to Them
We drink in silence, two men in expensive suits with worn souls, surrounded by the night's frenzy.
That's when the brunette appears, dropping my lighter with a calculated movement—exactly as I reach for my pocket. Her heavy perfume, sweet as cheap cotton candy, invades my space as she settles beside me. But the smell turns my stomach, because all I can remember is Elizabeth's scent—roses and jasmine; the sweet, enveloping smell of roses mixed with the exotic touch of jasmine always made me think of my mother's elegance. Every time she passed by, the aroma lingered, like a living memory that refused to fade. — And now it's embedded in my clothes after our encounter at Maison.
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