Patient X

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lan'

in the mood

d from last night, his phone had twenty missed calls he

from the

ad bumped into at

second, he saw hesitation. Like she was d

rest

didn't know who he was. This girl? She looked like sh

he didn'

s head slightly

lowing m

barely flickere

en reading and placing it back on the she

e book in her

sn't going

st night too," she countered

ev

er just enough to catch the subtle rise and fall of her ch

"But unlike you, I did

xpression was smal

t

n there. Sh

ng into his life, even if it was unintentional. And he definitely didn't like t

ust enough to show she wasn't intimidated. "I wa

weren't,"

I had a choice. I was passing thro

eavesdrop on purpose, maybe, but she de

t irritated him more

u heard," he said, his v

if she hadn't expected him t

ure why he

was the headache pounding behind

didn't wait f

slightly, like she wanted to say something but wasn't sur

rt, she wouldn

ack to see if sh