Frozen Hearts, Thawing Desires
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aughter Stacy and Ethan," she said, her voice filled with expe
he asked, the jovial tone gone. He had
you know they're trending on the news for arguing in publi
etter that way. Promise me you won't tell yo
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e dinner, and I'll explain everyth
eral times, but he didn't answer. She sighed, tossing her phone onto her bed. "I
on her tablet. "Could it be true that there's another woman? I should be the one in that newspaper, not that
e?" Denisa shouted, her voice echoing in the large office. "If you
"Don't you ever call her a slut again. Are you not ashamed of yourself? I don't like you, let alone love you. If
eeks as she walked out, holding her stinging cheek. Alex, who had been stan
replied curtly,
's office. "Ethan, what just happened?"
ed," Ethan said, dismissivel
g, Alex said, "I don't understand
was unusually silent. Jeff, their driver, noticed Ethan's restlessness through th
to shake the images from his mind. Alex continued to glance at Et
on staying by Ethan's side. "I'm not leaving you alone like this," Alex asserted. "Alright, suit yourse
mself to take a shower, Alex waited downstairs. After Ethan finished in the shower, he joined Alex so they could eat together. "Let's
n confessed. "Find who?" Alex inquired earnestly. "The girl I don't know. I think I'm in love with her," Ethan admitted. Alex's reaction was unexpected;
ather more information about her?" Ethan suggested, h