Nicole was still in so much hurt even after a whole day passed by. Like she did the last time, she hadn’t set her eyes on him. She had heard rumours of something bad happening to him and nothing about the details.

She tried to deny it, but she felt something was wrong the moment he dashed off after their time together. If she hadn’t been so focused on his hurtful words and how bad she felt, she would have explored the alarm bells ringing in her head. But she had been in so much pain.

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