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EDEN

I was paranoid. Over the last few days, it was like I'd been seeing Roman everywhere. Whenever there was a knock on my door, my heart would start beating loudly because I always thought it was him.

I even went as far as taking a leave of one month from work because I needed time to sort things out. I needed time to think about my next line of action. The fact that he had not come to see me in three weeks made me comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time.

Comfortable because i don't know how I'll react if he showed up at my house again.

Uncomfortable because I wondered what he was doing. I took a break from work because I wanted to avoid him. Since he hasn't seen me there, why hasn't he come to look for me here?

I knew he hadn't given up. The sky would turn red before Roman gave up on me so what exactly was he planning?

Had he found proof that Belle was alive and maybe that was why he wasn't even bothering with me anymore. But if he had, he would have come here to gloat that