After She She Stopped Loving Him

The shop was tiny, with just one staff member and not a single customer in sight.

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The clerk took the piercing gun from Ian, then immediately avoided looking in their direction, clearly too embarrassed to watch.

Yolanda sat on the stool, forced to crane her neck. Right now, all she could focus on was holding still–her usual fear of needles slipped to the back of her mind.

Ian prepared to pierce her other ear, coaxing gently, “See? Didn’t hurt at all, right?”

When Yolanda stayed silent, Ian squatted down so they were eye–level and asked softly, “Are you upset?”

He quietly pinched her untouched earlobe. “If you keep ignoring me, I might just pierce it wherever I feel like,” Ian teased.

“I’m not mad,” Yolanda blurted out, her heartbeat pounding in her chest from nerves.

Yolanda thought, ‘God, my heart’s about to leap out of my throat.‘

Ian locked eyes with her, his gaze deep and swirling with unspoken emotion. Suddenly, he broke into a smile. “Let me give you a kiss first, then I’ll do this one.”

Yolanda relaxed a bit, though sweat still dotted her nose. “Just… just tell me when you’re about to—”

Before she could finish, the second earring was already in. The pain caught her by surprise, coming a moment late.

“You-!” Yolanda burst out, startled.

Ian set the piercing gun aside, gently cupping her face in his hands. He wiped the sweat from her nose with a tissue, his touch soft and careful.

Yolanda’s scolding died in her throat, leaving her speechless.

She got up to leave in a hurry, but overheard Ian paying the clerk; then, chuckling under his breath, he hurried after her.

Yolanda couldn’t help but feel she’d been tricked. ‘So annoying,‘ she grumbled to herself.

“Ms. Grant,” Ian called out, catching up to her.

He pulled her close, saying, “I’ve got two on this side, one on the other. What kind of earrings do you like on men? I’ll go buy some.”

Yolanda stopped in her tracks. Honestly, she really liked guys with earrings–especially someone as attractive as Ian. There was just something sexy about it.

But she was still a bit annoyed, so she decided to mess with him. “I like guys with tongue piercings. Pretty

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useful, you know.”

froze, caught off guard for a split second. Recovering, he replied in a husky tone, “Don’t mess with me, I might

she’d just said. She gave a little cough

embarrassment.

his

I’ll get my tongue

you to fake it. If someone finds out, it won’t

strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers gentle. “Keep them dry

“Got it,” Yolanda replied.

the room, Charles still

check them out earlier, but now she was glued to the mirror,

just leveled up her

in just a shirt, lingering in the

behind, fingers itching to touch, but he slapped his own hand away. “Better not,

out a small laugh and dropped a soft kiss on top of her head. “So

after putting it off for years,

get it

top of her head, both hands holding her

flashing back to her days at the orphanage. There was this man who came by to donate supplies once–William couldn’t have been more welcoming, practically rolling out the

still haunted her–he’d jab needles into her fingers, warning her not

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back all those

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business life was falling apart. He just needed

she couldn’t tell

a month. Back then, even Athena was suspicious, worried he might have other shady interests. She asked Yolanda a lot of questions

phobia of anything sharp. Years later, when she took Charles back to the orphanage, she’d told him about it in a whisper, like sharing a

bad, he’d never

replied, her tone breezy, but there was a shadow in

so she stripped down, hopped into the shower to wash off the blah

bed and started playing games

came out of the shower and sank down onto the edge of the

from her hands. She shot up instantly. “Hey! I was

the screen, then smoothly pulled her into his arms.

character on the screen fell to its death. She pressed her lips together in frustration, then looked up at

his hand on the back

leaned in for a kiss, but Yolanda dodged him, turning her face

mad,” Charles murmured, a teasing threat

down on the bed, and squeezed her