If love was Strange

he hasn't replied to one message from me. We are now end

ork and barely got time to have a lunch break. I needed to lit

rous tests that have all came back

, and it makes me think my issues in my own life are so mi

e m

go to him to scratch an itch, clear that dry spell.

p. I only found out years later, and yeah... he may have been ei

, and I forgave him. After I got back together with the dick, that's when y

live and l

ent to his flat and let him fuck me into submission. He's been trying with me since,

fun. Sometimes I take it too far and my phone vibrating on the

and press it to my ear. "

hell, he's drunk, Hugh n

...

ie back on the pillow. "I told you to leave me alone

ar him fumbling with somethin

e's one of those guys who treat you right, praise the gro

cheated, so that alone can

, has a few tattoos here and there, but nothing drastic. He has these extremely p

. He puts his son before anyone, takes him to football games every S

as a good da

him and that's wh

e phone until he clears hi

f and sit up on the edge of

its. "What date do you fly back here; do yo

on't you leave me alone? I told you

And what ab

so I can focus," I tell him. "Please let me do my job,

phone behind me, ignori

eping with him does

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pin my hair back, leaving blonde tendrils to fall

r shift and we are going ou

essage with the address of th

ogising, and the ot

reen while I wait

How has

ing him is freesbie and it seemed appropria

unt, I delete the message and call an Uber, feeling smug

ce. The fan in the room had made me forget the country is a fucking furnace, and I'm wearing skinny jeans and a w

my thick jeans

shot of prosecco to compliment it. "Today has been crazy." She sighs, downing her pint

our surroundings and soft music from someone on the piano doe

"They found something, Maddison. After years of these hospitals ar

fferent specialists, and not once have we come up with anything to show what's making

ut seems hopeful. "We

tting shit, and I receive my usual lecture from Laura about Hugh. She always begs me to stop being sexua

Yes, he was an arsehole in the past, but y

fe like that. I'll stop, stay away from him and his thick... I'll stop. Yo

sipping her drink with her pinkie finger up

and on Nate standing at the bar with his friend,

k's