e could still hear her voice in his head. He knew he must have been the one at fault. He must have d

ed at the fact that she was right, she had been the only one to tell him to his face. He was truly useless, wo

just given

en him all this time? Or was it just how he had seen her? Lior had been so in love with her that he ha

n his love dazed state, tried to show her his feline, but Sophie had kicked it so hard, without an

gnored it. Fuck, he still loved her. Even though she did this, he loved her. Love didn'

't be tracked, but of course, there was also the problems of the paparazzi outing him so he had to change into a more concealing appearance. Plus, there was no need to overthink on

wanted. Damn t

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xt hour, her shift would finally be over. Thankfully, the pub was already empty, leaving

though, one more day, a

meone like her that had nothing else holding her

d out when she saw a cus

most of her time ignoring people jeering at the way she looked, or grabbing her roughly. Even though she hated it, there was nothing she could do. No one ever d

nd pants, the hood up, and sunglasses, she wasn't sure, with his head bent down. They seemed to talk

f the broom she was holding tighter. She had worked in this pub fo

s he began walking to her, Nine quickly went back to her cleaning. Heavens knew how ma

ou

t no one ever call

n his face for her. "That customer has paid for a whole night of drink

it's already late and if

ng to tell me

r a second, but she shut it

d wear it. "Make sure you close up." Then as he walke

to cut it and the last time she did, had made a horrible mistake that got her bullied for a very long time. Still, that hadn't been the problem. Nine

black. Like two void holes that prom

mes wished

ared at him with her eyes, hoping he'd get disgusted and leave, but he

he wanted attention,

y, he held her hand and mumbled something under his breath

It made her want to stay and hear him talk again, but the moment she t

s," Oh Goddes

had eyes that reminded her of the sun when it was rising. Making her want to stay and see how beaut

eyes. And ignore the vo

er

ought on how much of her debt she could pay if she presented this to Mom. It meant less pub days and grabby hands. It meant c

ed. She knew that first han

ried standing, nearly falling over until she held him. "I don't— I don't

t he made her ears want to lean in more or her ears recognized the

lden

enough to afford a friend even, but she shook the thought away. Nothing about him was her busi

hoped it'd