Bastard NPC Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“It’s okay. It can be scary, but you can deal with it.”0a3785767b09fc53

“…What if I fail to kill the researcher?”83d946c8882542c7

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“Well, I wonder. What will I do?”dd3bd4117bccf102

“….”2f31aa663076f4bd

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“It depends on what you do.”ff0815595fa004aa

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.7eea17e9762adac3

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Surprisingly, the c132b8e7ca driving was 5baefe1a75 calm. He didn’t let any 5fbbc1b60f cars cut in like 1ff82699c5 a roe deer, blatantly 3e6326c78d blocking the way. He didn’t swerve around ab0c8a96a0 like a reckless mess 238347d1b0 either.85755f3ec6b1e029

“So, what do you like, darling?”2efa5816de6d4aec

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“Solo dinners.”66f55302765d21e9

“Stop messing around.”2823b7e13c4d1e1c

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“Fast food. Sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, that sort of thing?”f33fd31446843dfb

I picked the 15b5301d1f fastest options I 8bdd1907c0 could think of, 844e88bf5e but I was 7bfe9ec201 with the wrong e483062c70 person. For some reason, e401ec2b3f Theo nodded as 88d9666199 if he respected c884242f81 my choice and 2cac8bb290 drove us to 2cafb7c3a8 a hotel. It was a 99a7b751f0 Western-style restaurant with cc168ad6ee a full course 27fa87cb04 from appetizers to b914021518 dessert.49f6c3dac37ca7cc

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It was the perfect 6fc11e632c place for an impatient 6d7bf61c2c person to lose their 1d756b47c5 mind, and it took f08846b849 two hours to finish a57d6e8730 all the food. Not just 64fbee4094 that, the 4075ee48d7 food came 578d3c8f0d out in 1d02b04215 small amounts b715bc1103 like birdseed. 54eb4bf07a8bf46c

Now I finally understood d58ffcba55 why my older sister 2ba1d503a2 was so sensitive after 322dcc2c51 the company dinner. I wondered why she 62ebf51dc4 acted like that after c0de021881 eating so well, but f8add32907 it wasn’t about what eb428217ac kind of food you 3948ec5f23 ate. It was about who 67746cda75 you were with. Even eating 3dbb4d8566 plain rice 9cbd982ced with water acbd3bb27e seemed like 9b6a908e91 it would 980c785495 taste better 5b9cb64216 than this.511adbd656c59587

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It’s a sad thing 47f820eefe when our direction is 8bcb38bdab the same. Since my house was 0ec43297af halfway up Pino Hills, 6eaca059a1 he casually suggested we e805a548e7 go back together. Exhausted from 542d7edb4d the day, 44ec3236f7 I quietly 113e884d7b got into ca4bf6dc5a his car b84d30945c instead of 4090ef7d75 engaging in 0b0522423c a pointless e2f49ac76f argument. 6ec93043975f8a10

“What did you do at the beach?”58c22cc376fe25d5

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“Just, you know, this and that.”876a6b6b2575a610

“This and that, what?”bdb611b1b0770a7f

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“…Made some plans, watched people, touched the sand a bit.”5b703fe2c8dcf4dd

“People?”7ff27b5cba53a110

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“Everyone seemed happy except for me.”c5f9a11fec905dc2

It meant that c119c62876 I was unhappy 2ff06e16fe because of him, 2b365cfc44 but my happiness eec875a6bb probably didn’t matter 2d153fadd4 to him. a796b9cf58a27879

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As expected, 845da4f925 he didn’t 232f39031e pay attention 4f5f85f186 to my 98d84dcae1 words, lost dafec64593 in his 4695d54403 own thoughts. I glanced 4296ca9047 at his 32d4b463f6 long fingers 42b655d4ea tapping the 30968dbf53 steering wheel, 9032256350 then kept 9859912945 my mouth 519547c3eb shut and e402689887 stared out 6d8685f996 the window. The day had 1bbfefa9bb been so incredibly c993c6975b long.bc21c9e6b2c28eaf

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But my unhappiness a128bdb95d was not over; d8fede031c it was just 7a3b59000d the beginning. The next day, 57e75211f6 and the day d97c929be1 after that, were d2f11c3445 all a continuous 232aa53ed0 cycle of pain. c60c9652ee23753a

Every morning, I 485ea316d1 would rush to b8cc7bc4a4 Black’s house and 1d5e7d9fda work like a cd394c9d1e mule. Wondering if he had 33ac430808 any conscience, I cautiously e562c29e7e suggested he hire a 06553ed57a gardener to manage the 2f8f63f997 yard more professionally when 98086eb1fb he brought me lunch.26a3e8c892ee08ac

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However, the cold response 9db8068c60 was that I could 4c0c45b9ac quit whenever I didn’t 6b3b98c564 want to do it 4144af1ba4 anymore. I wondered d3ad569b22 what kind e206ca3e94 of strange 0302685e77 preference that 03a39d9c39 was, but b21b2b7a4e I smiled 0bcf1d3616 brightly and f3ab9426c7 replied that da47988312 I would 7a1dbbdc3a work hard.71830d2a38fd14d5

By the 67592a16c8 time the 32b45a3be9 sun set, b7569eb586 Theo called 47fa47a0bf me over, be94aea406 and we 4e35c5b5f1 pretended to 16a5bb7ccf be a e93b07d3f9 couple in 94ded3b0d2 a display 5021c9464b window, having d29241f48c dinner together. f8f393e9aa65f85a

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Mornings were physically exhausting, b1022f717c and afternoons drained me 7afe8493cc mentally — a hellish 3abd93bbd5 schedule. The fact e05e1b7e50 that the 976b55ddef weeding was b2d8034242 nearly finished e6704a87e3 was the a710ae6d35 only comfort.526ecd9e7405b72d

On the night 7a662d8182 of the third d552560186 day, I received 2b32b924ed a reminder text be9e44f311 from Adam. I had been 3da7234f8f so busy with 9dc49818ad showering and falling 32dad24207 asleep after getting 59dd3b8ebf home that I c231a1925c had forgotten to b9580351f6 transfer the money. de3604d4fd9ea78e

Lying on 4e7dfd308f the sofa, 6f6e5ff095 I completed 10e059df98 the late 358d2acf7d transfer with d455c1ebb2 blurry, tired 8aedc7fa9c eyes and 0ae1dcdc75 tossed my 1c0dff1474 phone a cb9fd40b68 little ways 05de214446 away.031f7ce96886b41e

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“Ah, I sent 5ec1d0648e it wrong.”8afa42104259d0ee

I realized that 3f763de83f I had probably 2f85b05940 added an extra cc7721a1d9 ‘0’ to the 83a093cbac agreed amount, but 3b89b8697a since there wasn’t 485ae9187f a huge difference 49c334f170 in my balance, 5a52a977e6 I decided to 6c4258a444 leave it. Slowly getting 1d512819c7 up from 6db0427d34 the sofa, a154f7ff5f I tapped b7b4e058c3 my sore d05fa6846e and stiff 123b4940db arms when 3113404423 a reply 0eea2204b2 arrived.44fa26d6bc7f4d27

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Capitalism is 9185a9971e so convenient.d62b4104861404dc

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It was a ff6afcae3e bitter night for f096b7417b her, troubled by 95fd1354a1 two men who 12539f8860 couldn’t be swayed a641b5a91c by money.d66ce6c6b37f4a93

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Today, once again, I 1a193e573d found myself crouching in 83b8257c65 someone else’s garden, pulling 5223d85074 weeds while keeping an 6a324cb101 eye on the homeowner.994317f842c42943

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As the fa7b791e11 weeds disappeared 80a06a390d from the ac08a78183 garden, my 78b4c05947 anxiety grew, ae8f41b7a1 and Theo’s 8e1feee1bb suspicions only 2fb2389272 seemed to e6d926911e swell with 18782cf9a1 each passing 3091a16df5 day. Every time he asked de4ccf0e2f for my location, I 551c1539bf felt uneasy. 1a6b9455341ae874

Was it strange that 3821322457 I was always on c3d93c08c2 the western coast? His relentless questioning, constantly 1f5688ee2a probing, made it increasingly 1662cd6e48 difficult.9a64e13ca0d515a0

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– “Where are you?”f56ad334e43f34bc

“I’m at the western coast.”b33c08bbdcb57512

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As the phone rang, d9e1f87dce I picked it up eedea4d1a5 without hesitation, glancing behind 862a08103a me. Black, who had 3176de3983 no interest in 08ff9d03d2 my personal life, 7c7cc38189 was calmly cleaning aeefe63214 his firearm with 951b48d75b a neutral expression, 40cd482be9 only concerned with b124264128 how well I 26d49d3a81 pulled weeds.d52a3a1fe2008146

– “Where is that?”533468efdf2c01d0

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His voice 952f2d9ea4 was sharper a6b8c78e8f than yesterday, 4e0fc27424 making the 5f9acf2ef8 humid heat 2f99cd04b3 of the 99dd149838 coastline seem bda1a9466e irrelevant. But for 07fca8d6da some reason, 833da1a311 whether it 437b6825f7 was the b2624cf684 fact that 9bb939a417 I could daea1c37d3 only hear d318b61df2 his voice ac98a8ff5d or because beec0601d5 I had d6b0eadb38 become numb 84298d7625 to his 226fd29bc7 repeated questions 9cfadbb5e6 over the 6f5ea3ec1c past few 9727a358a3 days, it 88d0d8bbc0 wasn’t as b282acb040 frightening as e4c5b2284e usual. 4140df6491047acd

The day before, 9e3492cdc5 he had picked 9680531cca on me for fd1c026918 spending so much 2ec0a73659 time watching people 30b9ea6a51 on the beach. And the day before ead1f188ed that, he had threatened 2295becb33 me with a warning 0a47013c0e that it wouldn’t be d75c133929 fun if I got 57adf48968 caught doing something foolish. Given my ab05077a56 already dull 3b3f0bd02b routine, his 66b70f0581 words didn’t 4a12737798 really affect b61b5b50e9 me much.ca2dfc14146a5092

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“Must be the beach on the west, right?”9c152cceea1fc8f7

I replied indifferently, 6c7ba429ac and the call 320f59436c abruptly ended. I had become immune 8eb3da04a6 to these rude exchanges. a5c8455b368926b8

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There was no 4e3c6fc670 point in getting 0e162bc10d upset over a 803bb2eee5 conversation that ended 0ff51f05b0 with him saying 1e03ef9624 his piece. Shoving my 1222e6338e phone into d158e257e8 my pocket, b0ddfc9eaa I picked 016b8b08b7 up the d1efc83c10 hoe.dbb7d7139f6852dd

But my c27417ba4f expectations were ff5f72b9b0 always easily 1dfb8edb08 surpassed, and 600aa738c2 this time 52d592703e was no 43c278abbb different. After staring at df5fdc1e8f the buzzing phone f6ca16cdd4 for a moment, e76e940bd4 I reluctantly checked c52c4b3182 the video call 8696fb7a14 and sprang up 3cdf926373 like a coiled a8ab698a93 spring, flustered.73ea3258e9aad979

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“B-Black. I’ll be right back!”0d93082404f3a293

There was no 915080c23e time to wait d5ecdae774 for his response. I ran 6c02eef19e frantically across 965f141782 the sand, f72a081f0f sinking with d72b694671 each step. Then I 34005913fc hurriedly pressed e81116073e the call e13ec286d4 button before e18f5de3e3 quickly switching df86f8565f the camera f86f7049b4 to the 2fb3a57134 rear view.4a438f8de077fe41

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– “Turn the camera.”16600e79282535c9

I pulled my d9d30be539 head back as 87b9db88be much as I 348bd22a64 could, exhaling deeply. When I awkwardly smiled 5cdb9f6df0 while switching the camera, e339feed55 his unusually cold eyes 4b1106d193 slowly scanned the screen. 765f70b1008af924

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It seemed 707cf5271a like he f5a4d176af had placed de3f4c6fa8 his phone e3114e0eb7 on his e57634b651 office desk, eb080a6079 the angle 6cebf43da0 of the 72965a4506 camera looking 219dbd8b8e up at 4fe8912c26 him from 66319c80fe below. Despite the humiliating angle, 9f044a63b4 his expressionless features were 4fb8913500 flawlessly perfect.2fe8ff584df6d91d

– “Hey, beautiful.”9197486bc6d6db3f

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“Ugh, yep.”812a2949e71ef8a7

– “Is it really hot?”d943bce03fa09f19

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“Yeah, it’s… hot.”b02f2c8335d4cf1a

– “So, what are you doing there in the heat?”280b782dd4044f11

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“…Just watching people?”3eaffa8cdcf32edb

– “Ah, watching.”5e617e3240499045

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“Yeah, watching.”c8178fe69402372b

– “Does your watching include that asshole’s fucking body?”c70733384b37600d

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What are 6f98a431dd you talking 3a7ad4ff01 about?I followed the gaze 19f0eab7fc to see a half-naked d631106328 man sunbathing on a 421a5a6740 beach towel. Although his bronzed skin 6f50e52912 with a healthy glow de489a06c0 and the defined muscles 37c9a72aaa of his chest were 050d02153c impressive, I shook my ef01b2b2ad head.5af718469543fa51

“No. I don’t 1ce7e7bd41 know him.”ddee919b6459a55c

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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?”6f6deb23b1258357

“…I understand what you’re thinking, but that’s not it.”3e53c30c806c138a

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– “Damn, pretty girl. I told you to be careful with who you let see you.”91eca94c2f2b61fd

Good grief. Talk about adding b0aa762ef0 insult to injury.61d01b0a7a0c8c47

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The person f20c082bd1 who should 645ba55070 be angry 021e0f1304 from this e62d6bd447 absurd misunderstanding 36b00e011d is me, 2422d80075 but the 344fe5347d atmosphere was ad5ee60d56 so tense. I couldn’t say 1d1b071194 a word. 9d44e02ab76af366

It was scary enough 2e99099f10 when he flirted and 4210eb0fd8 threatened, and when he 702b55955f smirked and gave me cb11617849 hints. But it was nothing 81da3d7dcc compared to his serious 2e24e5af73 anger. His sharp gaze 55d6ae823f and cold voice 3e30d8dc35 made me instinctively e26caf3e90 shrink back.66a103e02cb753b2

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– “Send the address.”9c97a14e0bf85654

Only after hearing the cc34a5bdc1 voice did I snap 13558e8747 back to reality.dc3f49ce596c0248

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“Wow, I’m really losing it. I told you it’s not true!”289073e74fbe2b0d

– “It’s not true?”321bc96be5642ce2

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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?”a1df900d4889b2b6

As I ranted on, a woman, probably the half-naked man’s lover, appeared behind me holding a drink. c2c9c189ba0aac38

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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.c3b501a413eedd52

“You saw that, right?”f98b20acb5c1e689

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The eyes briefly scanned 2413dd8443 the situation unfolding behind accdb657b5 me and turned to e6bb36d1c2 me. Then he c2b9127a13 looked me 20a31cb929 over from 7afefe66f0 top to 9afe49f017 bottom with ab74439714 a displeased 7c3b887288 look.2a6ebcd5003b3abe

– “Your clothes.”aa83fea5f43aba0c

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My clothes were a c7829a39ea plain white tank top.56ddeb32632c04c2

“Anyone would think I’m the one who’s completely naked. I’m the most decently dressed here, you know?”eccd0d1f313e6251

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– I asked where your clothes were. Where’s the shirt you wore this morning?17d76bb502c2972a

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.8ebd5264c221e40e

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‘What’s on e6e0ce69d9 the west 4c724ec532 beach that 563a54631a you’re going 4241fa3ec8 out there 0dabf043b1 at 8 04bdc2f631 a.m.?’2a37fdd8ac9e7970

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‘The beach has the ocean, what else is there? I’m just planning to look around and make a plan.’72fbdb4539bac5fe

‘Is there really a 12dc754b95 need to go all 0162f30927 the way to the fe6849c1af west beach for that?’bef1dcd6b7b295a1

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‘I work well with 89aa5f8091 water around, you know. But how did 5fba2c00b9 you know I 601301953d went out at 2d5bd5c2d1 8?’d7bebf877248142e

‘Why. Is it not okay a5ccac519f if I know?’3fcd81ff91108593

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‘Did you 8adb9b51ac seriously send 3870667ca7 someone to 01d86168e3 follow me?’d87597e01561eaa0

‘Not yet, 24994c524d but who e4ddf3b6c0 knows about 1491895276 the future. So, what 74d6871004 are you a9275f4ff9 doing?’514d58a475da76b0

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Like the 2a57d8f2aa authorities in c2878e066d a crime-ridden 6a6bbda1d8 city, there b151398330 was no a86faa301d hesitation in 038873b652 his threat 6db09d3426 to follow d39613c8fa me. In a 997adf67e4 fit of fe59b3ee68 irritation, I 3e1c685554 argued that 15433f4192 I had 0b4ee4fe7f a right f3a20d7422 to privacy, c82bad8709 only to 21d6163980 be scolded 8b6b186800 with the 0ca8334156 response that 425a4b4638 I didn’t aa09185184 need privacy 23a4bed9da in the 45a7509708 first place. 8db382274286da56

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It wasn’t until I 08782889e3 arrived at my house 7961ad55c3 that I discovered the 9edeb6dd33 true nature of the 612bbef538 surveillance. He lowered the passenger 53bd47e161 side window and pointed f1b4c2db8b somewhere as if doing 45bbe49f73 me a favor. A CCTV camera 57ac4bb950 installed above the 9f55eae6de wooden gate was 1b45d7e3f7 blinking its light. It was 89cd9ee6d8 a camera 4c5e5cdaab I’d never 7044b6e387 seen before, 83fba3da51 even though 57bf3963ef it was b60a6903a1 my own 82862877b6 house.24d48a6162bff486

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‘Behave yourself, pretty. I’m starting to get 4a11394e65 annoyed.’f7dd33adc68c0506

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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.bab41e39b36fdea9

– “Clothes.”133ba3a97b52eb86

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I didn’t 94c3934cac respond for da5c357c9c a brief 4ebfa498bc moment, lost 01a676ba48 in my 4b9eebda79 own thoughts. Before I 21efa59218 could answer, 74f4a1a6e0 frustration written 019559b46d all over 50e849fa0c his face.63b5c01dc7248e68

“Car.”6b8f7b73737d10d0

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– “So you’ve been walking around like that? Showing off all your breasts.”75c6fc303031cfda

Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it. Even my dad doesn’t check my attire. And what? Breasts?aea432c085dbe757

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From the stern expression 1158c25bf0 on his face through 24ef31c8ef the screen, I could 7f49c850f3 feel a chill. But with my anger a011c7fd92 rising in my chest, 76fd432d4b I was beyond caring, 40677c29e9 not even phased by 3075fa53c9 his coldness.137d5955719d83f5

Being kind 37b074085e and patient, c297421216 being scared acdefc0825 and patient, 81b14c9cc7 avoiding getting 35503e890e caught up dab27f7cf4 in his fbd861acea words— I 1248190353 had held 20bd9d3dd9 back for 0972aaa524 so long. 6409fcb77f04ca3f

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However, all a5536a61c7 that restraint 6f555acb88 combined into aa9c22cfb7 a surge 0b6a320303 of courage. I stared at the 38de37a90f man on the screen 3958a021a7 in silence, looked up 235198c9e0 at the sky, and 9efa065952 let out a long 250357bad6 sigh. Then, I 678d760533 finally spoke.5912789ec7f87f68

“Darling.”3f54495ee0b97282

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I clenched my teeth 8a417e6363 and forced a wide 9b99f21c11 smile, watching his perfectly bccae720fb shaped eyebrows twitch.fa506f3195f44561

“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?”0be8ccaf3432b510

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