Bastard NPC Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“It’s okay. It can be scary, but you can deal with it.”eb30be7840e3f76a

“…What if I fail to kill the researcher?”a651503c52afb2f6

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“Well, I wonder. What will I do?”601d93e116133f52

“….”1fe195cab8c83895

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“It depends on what you do.”a0ef9c862d24c5a8

It wasn’t comforting at all. I pulled my middle finger out of my pocket and thought that tomorrow, I’d have to pull out more weeds.6e61db8991a3ac9d

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Surprisingly, the driving was 457ef7a931 calm. He didn’t let 7d6799c4d4 any cars cut b5a86f1365 in like a 42810dce61 roe deer, blatantly f5a18e6b00 blocking the way. He didn’t c927fca970 swerve around 0768c0fbee like a 230735602f reckless mess 4e228de651 either.044dcb396cabaf94

“So, what do you like, darling?”65143cc3a2fba0eb

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“Solo dinners.”a24b51bb85035207

“Stop messing around.”fe8eb8ccc7b546cb

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“Fast food. Sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, that sort of thing?”e78c99eaead53efb

I picked the fastest 23b2efd431 options I could think 6ac431cdd1 of, but I was 7931b1868b with the wrong person. For some reason, a36980ade9 Theo nodded as 6753419305 if he respected 92e8257e52 my choice and 59850050ed drove us to ea1c62a7a9 a hotel. It was a Western-style 06788e5a21 restaurant with a full c1c619f8f4 course from appetizers to 9b373b7089 dessert.4004a46037f56b55

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It was the d8b43787ee perfect place for 144f2d1419 an impatient person 244a750144 to lose their 87ae3689eb mind, and it 1325af63bf took two hours 6a6306d4ee to finish all b3a24ba32b the food. Not just a7fe525c63 that, the c6235824c7 food came 8e3bcd6b04 out in 60b048a17c small amounts e1c038fa09 like birdseed. b9399a00889e8d15

Now I finally understood 63c5ce6a14 why my older sister b33465f154 was so sensitive after 52a5a77b4f the company dinner. I wondered why she eb617c35f9 acted like that after 1847425d4a eating so well, but 426bd5c424 it wasn’t about what 61164cc277 kind of food you 24b7f63449 ate. It was about a5b1464fe5 who you were 91e561e11a with. Even eating plain rice cd2808c1f1 with water seemed like d6990317e5 it would taste better 01286a62ed than this.214fec275c880c70

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It’s a sad thing c68592f52d when our direction is 4b8cf21bfc the same. Since my house 4abbce80f1 was halfway up 1fb84b91bd Pino Hills, he 6b6977ee90 casually suggested we 24dd8fdab4 go back together. Exhausted from the a4f96e961f day, I quietly 0d21f796bd got into his 0c1854c3bc car instead of 684f929ccc engaging in a 7866ed78d9 pointless argument. 2cc1db8eeb9e331f

“What did you do at the beach?”bef70f11c241f472

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“Just, you know, this and that.”60e5a0e775d55a7c

“This and that, what?”00f0dd116d3a43aa

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“…Made some plans, watched people, touched the sand a bit.”d6cfd3f93226bf6b

“People?”97de5bc28064c198

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“Everyone seemed happy except for me.”c6e5467e6fdd9ed4

It meant 399f60bd2e that I bc48ef4da8 was unhappy a3d086ec47 because of c153b8b1aa him, but 6d53931bac my happiness 0f5c41c63d probably didn’t 72977bf1c7 matter to c337e97f5c him. df619a5663126e08

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As expected, he 2e7aa51d6f didn’t pay attention 5c3982edb2 to my words, 0d40c5bfd9 lost in his 5c90b6f4e6 own thoughts. I glanced at his 50d55096e1 long fingers tapping the 13e7c44d52 steering wheel, then kept 332b6386df my mouth shut and 23d4a03fd4 stared out the window. The day had ca55c60e37 been so incredibly d1385ec917 long.6b8cc363efde6efc

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But my 53b59096bd unhappiness was 4e7a077a41 not over; a7fc9be9b4 it was acabf109a6 just the 45edf55bcd beginning. The next day, 6bbbe65ad4 and the day 575c1ac7a3 after that, were 2b2df37167 all a continuous 470bb48313 cycle of pain. 26bbaf9d20025093

Every morning, ae1011326a I would e25c10c5d2 rush to c7c8e35213 Black’s house edd8d7376f and work 34561e9128 like a ad378a7553 mule. Wondering if he had c1ae2dccd3 any conscience, I cautiously 5e12337736 suggested he hire a 921ae4c8d5 gardener to manage the 3449839742 yard more professionally when e3981a0de0 he brought me lunch.bfa1201249395070

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However, the 415a32b9a9 cold response 6ef55eccf0 was that b4d2eb4e52 I could 7eead50c8d quit whenever d6f44eeaa4 I didn’t 1eaa768fea want to 804935abf9 do it 5ee61d443e anymore. I wondered what df1e4235a6 kind of strange faa4fed90c preference that was, 93a31a121a but I smiled cc8664257d brightly and replied 39f8da1070 that I would 591cc35668 work hard.5270b09e204b105d

By the b45be922ff time the 1f62e03fb1 sun set, c5a1c02839 Theo called 49aef8759e me over, 015df714e2 and we 3e5e16059e pretended to c227a236f6 be a 41b8561a95 couple in 04fb86df69 a display 044a232490 window, having 09dbb3eb75 dinner together. 62de117fb1138f5f

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Mornings were physically exhausting, 48dcf60a3b and afternoons drained me 45439b7065 mentally — a hellish 686c8f62f5 schedule. The fact 501803f544 that the f0ba618d21 weeding was 4834eaa55b nearly finished b21f1fbe55 was the ce8000327b only comfort.18375f465c07ffa4

On the 6e0b77ee5c night of 8238a463ff the third e730c3a448 day, I 80c25c9092 received a d1db402bef reminder text 20e66ef34b from Adam. I had been so b9f1069621 busy with showering and 1b835e604e falling asleep after getting 563ae9f2c8 home that I had dcb483c20f forgotten to transfer the 35c193448e money. 72f8940f1dc8b4a3

Lying on the a838cf5a46 sofa, I completed c538a111ea the late transfer b8ccdf7874 with blurry, tired 70f5b5ca1e eyes and tossed bb98dbe6a9 my phone a cd95a89b3a little ways away.0a3d65503aa0eab4

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“Ah, I be2d03712e sent it d0d66cb1c8 wrong.”319a3bf501e0ad4d

I realized that I 2945e28600 had probably added an 826b42a8e5 extra ‘0’ to the 4fa1e4e4ab agreed amount, but since 2c58886c83 there wasn’t a huge 73199bc6d0 difference in my balance, 6ca0131054 I decided to leave fb30f1d86a it. Slowly getting up from 6790937832 the sofa, I tapped fb520d0370 my sore and stiff 0ff4e934e1 arms when a reply 847aa8b010 arrived.4f1e524d7eaa87fa

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Capitalism is so convenient.a4c4cef2501a7ba3

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It was a bitter a6213f3eeb night for her, troubled 06d8e88f46 by two men who 1f2779b90e couldn’t be swayed by 2b732063ad money.1a07b755a0874ca8

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Today, once again, c842ef2ea3 I found myself 2a468efc6a crouching in someone 8d8cf04bfa else’s garden, pulling e90a76c006 weeds while keeping cd00b421f1 an eye on 0405bdebc5 the homeowner.26fc1940afbaa19e

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As the 0242df0688 weeds disappeared 8242ac0299 from the 0e4fdaeed1 garden, my 7db25f9020 anxiety grew, 56041b94df and Theo’s b3e22fade4 suspicions only 39756f9749 seemed to c369733657 swell with 54d1dd071e each passing fcdd3a9464 day. Every time he asked 2fd0f4635c for my location, I efaec33124 felt uneasy. b389d6b81ad7e593

Was it df4bc8ff27 strange that d2f3ccb532 I was 3d15595c76 always on fe21a8ce02 the western e91b0c50ef coast? His relentless questioning, constantly 3a99ff14b4 probing, made it increasingly d30ec0840a difficult.a4291286743e44b2

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– “Where are you?”c24da37cb03d238e

“I’m at the western coast.”88e13b07e619e86f

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As the 07a67ffa69 phone rang, 8336895525 I picked 11e6ad001c it up bb3eb0b9a6 without hesitation, 5e3141d68d glancing behind 8a6b449cb0 me. Black, who had b77a462198 no interest in 3ea97ada1b my personal life, c6c1f0a0c1 was calmly cleaning cd76901d36 his firearm with c669bf499f a neutral expression, 96c1391581 only concerned with 3bfa54eaec how well I 774cf027ae pulled weeds.e4278781c1fe7986

– “Where is that?”323de21cb9b19380

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His voice was sharper e64f210df0 than yesterday, making the 19d5733771 humid heat of the 8311a51616 coastline seem irrelevant. But for some e544360e5c reason, whether it 44a71901ef was the fact 0c27a5fa42 that I could a4c3529a8b only hear his 3ee3aae629 voice or because f0efb6a7ba I had become 5f87a277dd numb to his eed9500089 repeated questions over 6c3e1ab3e8 the past few 4063af7002 days, it wasn’t 5bc6ed698f as frightening as 3e5d4667d3 usual. f2a715126f44a781

The day before, he e55579a8f9 had picked on me 1217a022b8 for spending so much 35a7b95f90 time watching people on dea7cedcb2 the beach. And the day 0c196ac306 before that, he 30b9d954b4 had threatened me e3ad08e1be with a warning b786e4e825 that it wouldn’t b217da31a6 be fun if db125253a1 I got caught ad1cae112c doing something foolish. Given my already dull 4579e154a9 routine, his words didn’t 61e3b74f64 really affect me much.0c3d85cdcb6b59e2

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“Must be the beach on the west, right?”a68b3f3c34d00465

I replied indifferently, and f2de19355b the call abruptly ended. I had become 146171fffc immune to these 9dbc6cd1d3 rude exchanges. 9c2c42729018a293

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There was no d4f5809eb8 point in getting ca562c679e upset over a 9fa910352d conversation that ended 5c16134240 with him saying 60ed64a022 his piece. Shoving my phone into c6f1d1d22d my pocket, I picked beb8967787 up the hoe.0c19b05a9ece10c4

But my expectations were 09c86a207b always easily surpassed, and 946da79723 this time was no 545ff30e5b different. After staring at fa6de5ee73 the buzzing phone f9f89e2a43 for a moment, ca2d34bd97 I reluctantly checked b7dfc99bd0 the video call 804544dfd6 and sprang up adecb909d6 like a coiled 45ee3c4eb7 spring, flustered.c8b705c60f3b88a2

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“B-Black. I’ll be right back!”966c62043431d820

There was a9a96d33ef no time 063fc0a0e1 to wait a64b942b9b for his cbb63f244c response. I ran frantically across 61b3a6a2fe the sand, sinking with 92cf3a747e each step. Then I hurriedly b19cfddfb6 pressed the call 1db8e606e2 button before quickly a0579bce6c switching the camera baf715b759 to the rear ae007f5269 view.25b4ba90ecf6b94b

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– “Turn the camera.”72f678e897e67243

I pulled b780f1bb80 my head f80be6fcfa back as d4c79fac6c much as c360c1dae1 I could, 63f5a265ec exhaling deeply. When I 33fe4f7c55 awkwardly smiled 4774c3bfa0 while switching 3a4b002ad3 the camera, f0056261f0 his unusually 2f5e099899 cold eyes e66e03739a slowly scanned 8d417ed677 the screen. 2afb9642b06516d4

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It seemed like he b66326ef0b had placed his phone 8922ef16ea on his office desk, 0d839f44fb the angle of the 42b70f81b8 camera looking up at 3b7feacad1 him from below. Despite the humiliating angle, 6f74e6f070 his expressionless features were df244948d1 flawlessly perfect.5cf67fcd8378c743

– “Hey, beautiful.”7fa1b53fc07189c3

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“Ugh, yep.”8a1a82d3b6613bf0

– “Is it really hot?”28e3dcdde3ffe95f

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“Yeah, it’s… hot.”92259e39a6aff536

– “So, what are you doing there in the heat?”34308f2b8eeaccb7

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“…Just watching people?”f94901e59ac58111

– “Ah, watching.”05ed2ab7a0b98658

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“Yeah, watching.”4455ea2f334abcae

– “Does your watching include that asshole’s fucking body?”b9b5f70d61fa4528

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What are you 20d65b2fc8 talking about?I followed the 294fc29859 gaze to see 0d93b01b61 a half-naked man 1a1ad02f09 sunbathing on a 8c6b472fc5 beach towel. Although his bronzed skin 06c7ce9c5c with a healthy glow abcb56abea and the defined muscles 0efe57917f of his chest were 9088bc5ec7 impressive, I shook my 0ee7f76e30 head.3432a5245122877c

“No. I don’t 69d758adbf know him.”e8808a4d2dcb1718

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– “You answer the phone late and you breathe so damn seductively. Behind you, with just a small piece of cloth barely covering him, is it all just a coincidence that some unknown guy is lying there?”0507338448dcc413

“…I understand what you’re thinking, but that’s not it.”7be2f6cbbb853f43

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– “Damn, pretty girl. I told you to be careful with who you let see you.”d7a33b084d91e668

Good grief. Talk about adding ec1bd20b70 insult to injury.1030e9b9e906a7e3

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The person 78b82a5cb0 who should c37e97c6d4 be angry 4c03ec935b from this 62de4fffca absurd misunderstanding ff0f366c51 is me, fb0844fdfa but the 611838513c atmosphere was dd54cf8637 so tense. I couldn’t 5786bd0df3 say a 54c3ba6847 word. dbd5ad50bcb63771

It was scary enough 1880385857 when he flirted and 540e9cbccf threatened, and when he b6d6bf1a92 smirked and gave me 8ec08fbde7 hints. But it was 255dbfeaca nothing compared to e8f9bc7696 his serious anger. His sharp 735ed4441d gaze and da920739ba cold voice 47e1e009dc made me 8b183b8895 instinctively shrink d1aa3e92c5 back.978c8409f1985413

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– “Send the address.”d1593dd4282a9832

Only after hearing the 48714df760 voice did I snap 77ffda4cf6 back to reality.2d81e12fa36a0139

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“Wow, I’m really losing it. I told you it’s not true!”534b58951e4da8fa

– “It’s not true?”ba7b6a7bde4debd6

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“Of course it’s not. Do you think everyone is like you? I don’t even plan on doing it, but who would do something like that in broad daylight, especially on a busy street like this?”d0a3f70fbef3467a

As I ranted on, a woman, probably the half-naked man’s lover, appeared behind me holding a drink. 0644bf2e43e7840a

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They hugged and kissed, calling each other “honey” or something like that. I shot a quick glance at them before glaring at the screen.363b0afa1e15fb7e

“You saw that, right?”c1200f72ad913dbf

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The eyes c86b6aeed1 briefly scanned 2d410db381 the situation cb148bd8a8 unfolding behind 6176c83aca me and c22d4d6f90 turned to 144bf3db9e me. Then he looked me fb17bcc743 over from top to 14bfcef81b bottom with a displeased 70adf5c465 look.275c5a03485dcaa0

– “Your clothes.”653b04cfc143c23f

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My clothes 840e48ead3 were a f490c4c551 plain white f351eaaa19 tank top.86c332cc59380f31

“Anyone would think I’m the one who’s completely naked. I’m the most decently dressed here, you know?”d7b8c2f01c7f0680

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– I asked where your clothes were. Where’s the shirt you wore this morning?bd1cb0fb666cd3e0

He spoke as if he had seen the linen shirt I was wearing. If it had been yesterday, I would have been startled and asked how he knew, but I wasn’t the same today. I had gone through the shock and disbelief yesterday, so now, I just felt annoyed.bf1555b146f588fd

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‘What’s on the west e12dcc2b6d beach that you’re going fbd50e50b7 out there at 8 8a2816da88 a.m.?’698c9bf1499e11a2

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‘The beach has the ocean, what else is there? I’m just planning to look around and make a plan.’c3944df457997d1e

‘Is there 1db8df6fcd really a 13cbb561ed need to 9b038c2001 go all d1a8ce9f40 the way b540ad7ecc to the 25d41c17e4 west beach 3f0310aae5 for that?’d927c9b29212aa0f

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‘I work well 20dd64018e with water around, 7ae04ffdbd you know. But how d37f1e8e87 did you abd12cb5e8 know I 1934adc492 went out 08eccbfa56 at 8?’0a31b4ae10eeb521

‘Why. Is it not okay df75bd40c6 if I know?’4acbde1cbfb059e5

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‘Did you seriously send a39d73ce31 someone to follow me?’0cc19025fd686634

‘Not yet, 6ff206f041 but who 6d39c1ac04 knows about 30a2cc4321 the future. So, what are e2e281b330 you doing?’e67aa3198b4af0ff

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Like the authorities 3e3356a44d in a crime-ridden 67f160a908 city, there was 55bc4ae531 no hesitation in 28cab2638b his threat to da1b157fff follow me. In a fit a845bcfd24 of irritation, I aa0cb6ab6c argued that I a8d08392b4 had a right b9e8ce774a to privacy, only 0b6bc56fbf to be scolded 10037edba1 with the response 47ef3337ef that I didn’t dc1c356cce need privacy in 34471ad1a7 the first place. 6d93e4adbd245f85

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It wasn’t until I 4112d04934 arrived at my house f0714cf6dc that I discovered the b143c56083 true nature of the 1b7e5e38ea surveillance. He lowered the passenger 4852b0e01c side window and pointed 59c808fc24 somewhere as if doing 674b854f6a me a favor. A CCTV camera installed 1bd60999f9 above the wooden gate 3f226f3db4 was blinking its light. It was a camera e952bcf284 I’d never seen before, 7e3a4ba1ca even though it was 2fbb7eccf6 my own house.7cc3d9e147c48449

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‘Behave yourself, pretty. I’m starting 3ca68b0c6f to get f6cbc2a997 annoyed.’a9ec12cb7b89e200

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He is so bold about illegally spying on others’ homes. As an ordinary person, I didn’t even have the energy to get irritated, so I could only weakly raise my middle finger at his car as it drove away.2c70aab78f84907d

– “Clothes.”3117ff7e65298646

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I didn’t respond e22ec094fd for a brief aa0e51734e moment, lost in b3ea00bf62 my own thoughts. Before I could answer, 5018386e2e frustration written all over 20fa92482a his face.c0269bcbd403a4de

“Car.”5a134d1227da5b7a

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– “So you’ve been walking around like that? Showing off all your breasts.”c1d50005e6e54b8d

Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it. Even my dad doesn’t check my attire. And what? Breasts?910cd4ea8be0dfa4

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From the 3d91fe5748 stern expression 8556d2ae05 on his 036c8ad9b0 face through 7151e96985 the screen, 485ef4185e I could a0c1f6fb9e feel a 679533f2c4 chill. But with 47447c24f2 my anger 9b8f732cab rising in 9f0f02a331 my chest, 54439cb848 I was b7120b332c beyond caring, 034fca9d9f not even 7d6ed7b158 phased by bdd957e39e his coldness.9ff5ae56cc4b483b

Being kind and 4db5b5986d patient, being scared 5b7c5b5331 and patient, avoiding 04707617a7 getting caught up b00fdcc840 in his words— 7e00d2f5e1 I had held b0a9363ec8 back for so 6e307285d7 long. 3a8bc54f3779afed

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However, all faf6d7584a that restraint 81417acde8 combined into d597ad6d2f a surge b47c34477b of courage. I stared at 389ad1a61d the man on daae5fe88f the screen in 7036748f76 silence, looked up 0b419844ad at the sky, a5aadf7558 and let out 8ebe88deeb a long sigh. Then, I finally spoke.066c1ebb83b08504

“Darling.”ad8f87c440d584ab

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I clenched my 64066d6af2 teeth and forced dd423bce3f a wide smile, bd2cd3ab90 watching his perfectly f16c873ac6 shaped eyebrows twitch.b4e2961846095025

“I’m seriously getting so annoyed because of you, I feel like I’m going to snap. If you keep acting like this, I might just explode. Then it’ll be a hassle for you too, right?”bc4bbc91fa7e6caa

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