From Rejection to Desire

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to you. Once you get to your room, it won’

help me up the stairs and we turn left, the painfu

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round my stomach, his own hand

behind my ears again and look arou

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pull it close, no

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ying. So, I don’t think I sh

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ses, spin, and pilates to keep in shape after we left, but

of all these people who watched me get rejected

ally Jody would deal with that, but he’s going to

f grin back, eager to get

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