MY SWEETEST MISTAKE
“I… just can’t.”
“Why is it that you can’t all of a sudden? You want this… I know you do… I can feel it in your breath, in your kiss… I can see it in your eyes…”
“No, I don’t,” she said, her breathing raggedy. “Maxim… I’m sorry. We… um… It would be better if we were just friends. What would happen if this…” she gestured to the air between them “didn’t work out? Then we would be bitter divorcés shuttling our child back and forth and sharing holidays. But if we just keep it platonic then things would be simpler. You must see… Surely you must understand this is the smartest thing to do.”
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