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Copyright © 2021 by Elena ArmasAll
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To those chasing dreams,never give
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I had gone straight to her office.M
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I widened mine at her, ignoring her
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covered in a pressed white button-d
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usually fought back until I was the
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service. I just need a companion. T
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face.“Unexpected,” she countere
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had barked stuff like, “Try not t
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me before my eyes met his.His arm r
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Lots of parallel appointments. He w
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could I do?Gerald snorted, making m
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frustration, I blinked a few times,
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C H A P T E R T H R E EThis wasn’
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Rosie: Yeah, well, I don’t like J
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Rosie: Deflect all you want.Lina: N
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I swiveled my office chair, fully f
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His furtive hand moved again, going
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“Well, it’s not.” I reached f
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I opened my mouth to tell him that
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template?”“Oye.” The Spanish
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I opened my mouth to confirm that,
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concern I could hear in her voice.
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would make things even worse. He ha
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I was vaguely aware when my mother
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person I wanted to chat with at the
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thing sounds a little too much, eve
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“Okay, those are the facts. But w
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Making an effort to calm myself, I
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ugly and prejudiced things about me
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“Aren’t you allergic to cats?
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contrary to my bag, were gorgeous a
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Again.That last part he had added v
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the interior was in pristine condit
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I rolled my eyes. “Don’t let al
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silence. I used the time to look ou
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eyes were the deep shade of blue th
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No, I did not. And the fact that he
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“Not even a casual someone you ar
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wedding date. Or the fact that he
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it. It was either this or stuffing
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From: ablackford@InTech.comTo: cmar
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had no idea what to do with.Fixing
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yours.” I had refused to save Aar
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hands, which had fallen out of his
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shoulder brushed his chest.His very
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deep voice carried through the bath
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Aaron’s throat worked. “It’ll
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attention to the road.“What?” I
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about you. “I’m game if you are
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“Football? The one with the helme
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heels, I blinked and watched Aaron
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her fifties who was clad in a dress
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I suppressed my smile. “Right. So
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city. Spending some time there, vol
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“Not long enough, if you ask me.
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I looked up at Aaron, finding his e
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Lina? I’m telling you—”Aaron
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My throat dried up, making it impos
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Aggravated by the words Aaron had m
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My gaze shot back to the stage, cla
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But as Aaron came into view, that w
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C H A P T E R N I N EHe offered his
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That was probably why I tripped. Be
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I forced myself to remember that I
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A part of me wanted to say yes. Yes
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home.”He turned around and left m
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Fine by me. I had never wanted to b
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Our boss laughed lightly.Nobody bot
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The screeching of chairs brought me
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I stared at him, finding it hard to
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realizing I had said too much. “I
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C H A P T E R E L E V E NEverything
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Beautiful, flawless, unaffected. I
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There was something funny about tha
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“Stubborn woman,” he muttered u
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whatever was going on with him. “
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of those. I love meat. Roasted lamb
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“So, Aaron,” I started, the wor
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And wasn’t I doing all those thin
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Aaron’s forehead fell on mine. I
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C H A P T E R T W E N T YThe moment
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from Aaron. Before I did something
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The one I had heard directed at me
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Dammit, Charo. My lips curled in a
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calling him that, like I had done s
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“Y qué intenciones tiene este ch
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C H A P T E R T W E N T Y - O N ESu
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ourselves in. Except that the chair
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My dad kept searching his mind for
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The man beside me didn’t hesitate
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I suddenly felt toward him. He wasn
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more than once. But … whether wha
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know? And he keeps staring at where
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conversation with Daniel. It had be
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care about it. I didn’t until I w
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Gonzalo and Isabel, and they fell d
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shoulders. Nothing like before, but
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C H A P T E R T W E N T Y - T W OWh
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navy pants and his jacket partly op
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every single time the tune announci
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man so confident, so composed—one
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from remaining upright.Aaron took a
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Insanity—that was what this was.
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C H A P T E R T W E N T Y - T H R E
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unsuccessfully tried to untie the c
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give me.” I needed him to inch cl
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came around me. One hand landed on
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my backside, in sync with the plung
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is beating a million miles an hour
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skin all the way to the junction of
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He lifted my weight, placing me aga
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different question popped up in my
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exploring my skin. His mouth causin
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pack our suitcases in five and show
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me. To my chest, to my head.“I lo
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Rosie: Are you back? How bad was it
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It was, and I wasn’t just talking
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I felt his arm come around my shoul
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My eyelids fluttered shut, and I th
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catching on the neckline of my tank
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one fisting my hair. I’d dissolve
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skin feels hot to the touch, yeah.
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Me, cheeks flushed and a dazed expr
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fell on my hair with a fierceness t
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constantly going at it like animals
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braced myself for a few tortuous mi
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staring at us. Eating it all up lik
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“Talk to me.”I kept walking, no
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“How is it possible that it feels
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pushed him to walk away.I pushed hi
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“I’ve called you here in light
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“Did … did Aaron leave? Did som
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life-altering moments. Some had las
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snapped up. As he sat in that rigid
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a list of hospitals where he could
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He had said that. And the realizati
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not only did I understand him in a
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Aaron looked down at me, his eyes s
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ONE YEAR LATER“Catalina.” The d
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my things together. “Coming, comi
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too. Treasure you. Love you. Want y
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A B O U T T H E A U T H O RElena is
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Cristina, you have been so good to