“I went to your apartment to pick you up, imagine my surprise to find you weren’t there.” My eyes widen. He went to pick me up? “I-I-I didn’t think you meant it, and I needed to arrive with Dad anyway. When I didn’t hear from you today, I assumed you were busy.” I shrug like the idea of his rejection hadn’t been playing on my mind since the moment I woke up without him. “I thought you would know by now that I don’t say anything I don’t mean.” His voice is harsh, menacing even, and I find myself wanting to appease him, to hear him praise me like he did as he played my body like it was an
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