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hells around me,

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dent. Every girl w

s, trying to hide

g of myself witho

handed

e day he walked int

nd that endearing s

was in love.Of course, I k

lans. We got paired

at message turne

ame study session

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it was the start o

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our dreams and e

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I helped him secur

veryone loved him.

was

understand where we

it happene

ladder in the com

ad to work twice

as a CFO, but as th

lip up. I couldn't a

that.He said I was too focus

ike an aft

ting him I was figh

fu

at worth

yself it was for the

we just weren't al

ay the sting of bein

ou

my parents' house

silence of our sha

me of him and

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s my only constant

ll trying to prove

s." My dad, th

earing retiremen

ight time.Or maybe for

seat. I want the b

on I embodied it. T

to see the strategi

tu

old me, "Christine

" And that's what

no man can hand

really talk to the

estly, more like m

ows how fragile I'v

breakup, but I se

with her silence,

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er, braced myself f

talks .But then, m

end. A lifestyle i

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in weeks not since

up. So I b

n she s

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me since it all fell

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crack his skull ope

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ly and says there'

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