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112 | the musings of the study.
SHAYLA'S P.O.V
Cameron returned the next day. And then the next. And the next too. And the next as well.
It took four days for us to go through half of my proper paintings - the paintings that weren't scribbles or done on rough pages. Four days for me to realize that I felt something for Cameron.
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A Handful Of Stars 115 | mumbai, here we go again.
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