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~Alaya
I take a step toward the door.
"Nope."
I turn back around to the comforts of my room. This has been an ongoing process for the past twenty minutes. Not once have I managed to convince myself to step out of this room and face whatever the morning has in store for me. Both Asher and Sinful's eyes are ones I don't want to look into today.
I'm mortified. Painfully, blatantly mortified. So much so, I've contemplated crawling back into my bed to spend the rest of the day wallowing in my own self pity.
How could I kiss him? How could I let Asher see?
Taking a deep breath, I mutter, "get it together Alaya, you have a job to do."
This time my hand
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