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~Xander~

I hadn’t slept until early in the morning, and there was no way I could get up in a few hours. I slept till after five in the evening.

I found Aoife called me, but my head was spinning badly, so I hung up the phone. After some time, I drank a few glasses of lemon water and took pain relief pills to control my dizzy head. It’s not medicine; my body wanted Aoife. I wanted her in my arms. I missed her terribly.

Once I found myself better, I scanned my phone, finding Aoife’s missed calls with a single message.

Matt won the competition. Great, that was good news. Hastily, I prepared myself for the party. But when I came down from my room, Mom called me to meet Zareena’s family who visited to check on Mom’s health.

Whether I wanted it or not, I had to sit there. I missed my big brother; if he had been here, he would have taken care of these guests. But he was out handling our projects in different states.

I talked to Zareena’s dad, listening to him lecturing me to be the man of the