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r from her thoughts as she applied dark r

found Rose standing there, her trad

oming!" Rose exclaimed, stepping in

arkled with

erve it after all that time buried

teasing lilt

smiling thinly, half-embarr

cided to step out o

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Rose said proudly, throwing a

in West Hollywood. Great music, good vib

a velvet skirt, silver bangles clinking on her wrists, and bronz

rd of 'The

use beats and indie pop mixed with laughter and the clink of cocktail glasses. A rooftop over

" Rey said, hiding her ner

laughed, dragging

s gonna be

-

or, spinning lights, pounding bass,

on a bar stool, slowly

somewhere on the dance floor, her br

ng like she was outside a glass wall, observ

asn't her sc

er drink and slipping away, a m

warmly, his voice just loud

ame's

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she r

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girl like you si

swer, he signaled the bar

t something about Finn's casual,

he said, ha

," he teased lightl

your partne

ey said, glancing in the dire

chu

do when you're not bein

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eyebrow

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, voice drop

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site! You guys cover a

only," Finn

lbum reviews and f

y after that. Trading stories,

than she expected, feeling lig

right. Maybe sh

-

il Rey's phone b

out and read

o

tonight! 🤩 We're going somewhere else. Hav

wryly. She showed

huck

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her head

grab a

asked, concern fl

number. If anything h

ly exchang

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if you ever wanna grab coffee, or

Finn," Rey s

yti

the crowd, leaving Rey fe

-

de were quieter t

rough her denim jack

earlier mist, glistened u

a taxi, her phone clutc

few mor

o call for a ri

her arm rough

around; heart thudd

ked fu

hard line, his dark eyes

nto her arm, tigh

ice low and crackling

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l away, but he t

you throw your life away like this,"

ress, the red lipstick, the vulnera

't just

as s

ade him