Kissed by Destiny, Lost in Time

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area, I saw a familiar figure exiting the gra

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slowed my pace, obse

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ot out, grasping my sleeve. Suddenly, my world blurred and I

hock. Had I really t

I refocused on the urgent task ahead.

otted him exiting the entrance,

outed, but he didn

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king his momentum. We swayed mom

ied him. "Thank goo

ked onto mine, confus

ing a step back. "What just h

g my breath. "Normal people wou

scoffed. "What a

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sighed and tu

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ask," he s

name, then?

he replied, his exp

my eyes.

and a man in his fifties emerg

across my face. So

ave me pause. Wasn't he...Che

as "Mr. Raven," conf

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ver my mouth, stif

e shifted to me. "And who

issive. "Just a stranger.

ned to Keith. "May I have

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ing the stairs as I ponde

ith and Mr. Rav

orhood for over five years,

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announced, ent

ed in her notes, her usual spot. Her

t ever ever

with a brief "Welcome," her

reserved nature an

pped me. "I have an

interest p

the interview wi

replied, her eyes

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to downplay the encoun

ils of following the CEO and asking to

terview," I added, turn

act that this was the longest conversation Anna and

my phone with growing desperation. Findin

ateful Anna's rent payments kept a roof over my head.

to find a wealthy husband to secure my future. But my

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om a stair tumble just hours ago.

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