Don’t Make Me Love You
She held out her pinky, the way we used to when we were kids, and I hooked mine around it without hesitating, the two of us sealing a promise neither of us knew wouldn't get the chance to be kept.
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A knock at the door pulled me out of it, hard and sudden enough that my eyes flew open before I even registered I'd been crying.
“Ma'am? I mean, Lily?” Mira's voice came through, muffled. “Charles said you wanted the room cleaned.”
I wiped quickly at my face, sitting up. “Yeah,” I said, my voice thick. “Come in.”
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