Fated Love, Unwritten Endings

icion in her wide eyes. She knew how I felt about Caleb. My obsessive, all

s?" she finally asked, her

"I'm being completely serious. I'm

ieve me, not for a second. She thought it was some elabor

ieved me. My actions wou

for the university. I held out two tickets. "I

s, then at me, his expr

e. "Our contract is for five years. It stipulates that you will accom

s of our deal. He hated it. I could see the flash of humiliation and a

before turning on

e, I pulled out my ph

rang once befor

to the point. "It's for the Met exhibit. The other ticket is already with Cal

the other end of the line. "You

es. My help in exchange for you leaving me alone. No

still laced with suspicion

ecause I wanted to escape a gruesome, pre-

n't say a

of my way," I s

hing the clock. Night fell. The city outsid

. It was a mess

s a p

g. He was smiling. A real, genuine smile that reached his eyes. His gaze was fixed on her,

in three years, seen h

t a small cafe afterward. He was peelin

him. He loved seafood, but hated the mess. I had done it

n my mind. I don't like

promises, were easily broke

fter photo of them laughing, talking, looking at each

again. A new mes

zing. Th

penthouse pressing in on me. The pain was a dull, heavy ach

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