From Rejection to Desire

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room to the large balcony,

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walk over to the balcony door and pull it open, hesitating b

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is

freshly painted railing and lean over it to look out over the spa

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ms onl

his fitted t-shirt sleeve, and grips the fro

trying to explai

in my direction and Alpha Ta

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is to roll myself backward, away from the railing of the balcony, keeping myself straight up and down as I

the curtain, tugging roughly on it un

my new bedroom floor, panting, I

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my

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't have t

hrow my hands

is place before I compl

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to grab it off the bed, throwing myse

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saw

for me to do right now is to just

ands over my chest like the

one eye,

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you can be excused

noise burst from my mouth, which I

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I lau

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he wetness off my cheeks, I

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I'm going to stop m

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