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93- In Trouble
“Let me think about it?”
Michael’s words replayed themselves over and over and over again in Edwardo’s head. It hadn’t been an outright “no,” but Edwardo knew the second his question left his mouth that morning that their relationship was nowhere near repaired enough to ask such a thing.
Let me think about it…
It had barely been a week since Edwardo came back from his family holiday in Mexico, but that night had been the only one they had together. They hadn’t even had a chance to go on a proper date yet either. Back with the Christmas rush and shopping season Michael had worked nearly every day, and Edwardo always looked forward to seeing he got home safely. Now with that all over with, Michael didn’t get anywhere close to as many hours as before, and with fewer excuses to see each other Edwardo had to admit he was kind of lonely…
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