THE CEO´S SNOWBOUND DESIRE

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into the night instead of studying for my exams. The more I dug, the

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must be in his seventies, that's exactly what I am. The ferry rounds the islet farm and turns into

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's been three months since Abraham and I broke up, and I haven't been able to get it off. Now, I take it off, letting the cheap metal rest in the palm of my hand. Part of me, the hurt, angry part, wa

to the brochure. I push through a heavy set of glass doors and revel in the warmth and smell of cedar in the large foyer, offering a young woman who passes me a nod and a smile. She returns it, zipping up her jacket before exiting. I've never been one for a lot of friends. Just a few, really, mostly through church groups and study groups. The problem is that they've all been "our" friends and now that Abraham and I aren't together, I'm very aware that something is missing when I see them. So I've isolated myself from them for the past few months, staying in my dorm, focusing on my studies. Most of them don't even know I'm up here. I'll make new friends here, I assure myself. Ones who don't know anything about me, about my life at home. It's kind of refreshing to get to be who I want to be. That's what I told myself I'd be th

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