The Mysterious Lover Who Stole my Heart Online
n't sleep
screen dark, she felt its presence humming like a living thin
, yet her body refused to calm down. Every creak of the old building, every car pa
3 a.m. when she finally whispered to her
ange app, and pressed down on the icon, wa
it d
t delete. Wouldn't even allow
. "You've got to
screen flickered-and th
sage appear
I told you, Bianca,
embled as sh
you? How do yo
stared at the three little dots of his typi
is rep
I know you're lonely. I know you're tired of pretending.
ords felt like cold fingers
er her breath, "this is
ped qu
is, I'm not playing. If you kee
chest in shaky waves, and she exhaled fo
e phone lit
n't understand. But I do. You don't need
ood ra
nother lin
amomile. Just like you alwa
eaming mug on her nightstand-the very o
Whoever he was, he was
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e buzzed with the usual hum of chatter, phones ringing, and keyboards clicking, but she felt lik
end and co-worker,
ke death warmed o
djusting her blazer. "Yo
her voice. "Bianca... what's going on? You've been a
a cut in quickly,
icious glare, the kind that
he way her skin crawled with the feeling of being watched.
ecide, her phone b
fr
head. "You gon
ad too fast. "It's
knew. It
-
e. She slipped away to the break room, pull
was alread
her about me. Good. Sh
shook as she t
HING ME. HOW DO Y
slower this t
I know what it feels like to smile when inside you're drow
ll, his words struck deep. They wer
. You need someone who won't leave. So
rd. She should delete, block, thr
ng part she didn't want to admit existe
ped ca
t do you wa
se. She thought mayb
reply a
Ever
caught in
-
tment again, staring at the phone
tried distracting herself with chores. But e
ng is playing at the c
black dress tomorrow.
nca. You're beau
reminder that he was
ked, typing with
u? Where are you?
ew kind of message appear
li
gainst her better ju
dark, then slo
's entire
ideo feed of her own apartment-t
stared back at
t, the mess
ou finally