Seven Years, One Heartbreak, New Love

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lightly bewildered, handed me a crumpled note. "He said to give you this," he mumbled

amends, another deferral of responsibility. He would disappear, then

ses whispering. "Isn't that Adeline Nixon? Etha

he face. Lucky to be subjected to public mockery? Lucky to be

could I tell them that being "Ethan Cleveland's girlfriend" was like living in a gilded cage, slowly starving emotionally? My pain was inv

s excised. The wound was still fres

Angeles twinkled beneath me, small and distant. I felt a wave of rel

wide grin splitting her face. She enveloped me

ice thick with emotion. "I knew you would. That ma

surprised even myself. "Don't hold bac

wards baggage claim. "He was a parasite, sucking the life out of you. And Keira

shaking my head, still smi

' re too good for him. You always were. And he's going to re

see it." The thought no longer filled me

me. Portland awaits, and your new life starts now. I' ve go

ike a balm to my soul. I leaned my head against her shoulder