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11: Pretentious Kiss
The whole flight back to Manchester was a pain in the ass. I just tried to not mind how Adam was sitting next to me the whole time. Although he wasn’t talking to me, the mere sight of his serious face was enough to intimidate anyone, including me.
I thought we would head back to his house straight from the airport but I realized we were taking another route, which I think is going far north.
“Where are we going?” I asked the stone-cold man sitting next to me in his luxurious Rolls Royce. “I don’t think we are heading to your place.”
“We are heading to a hotel to meet a business associate of mine,” he answered flatly.
“Then why do I have to go with you? You should have told me earlier. I would have hailed a cab back to
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