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Chapter 5

I took away the two remaining pieces. Though Gomoku was meant to be single–round, Rita smashed another piece onto her four–in–a–row chain.

“I also won!” Her petulant voice cracked like spoiled jade.

The silence stretched.

“Then…” My gaze lingered on her like moonlight on withered petals, “…shall I continue?” My fifth piece clicked decisively.

Sixty seconds later, the board was dominated by green stones. Rita’s trembling fingers hovered over barren

intersections.

“AGAIN!” Crimson flush crawled up her neck.

Round two. Three. Four.

deeper into Rita’s composure. When humiliated tears spilled down her

clattered as he snatched it away.

the chaos-“Must you be so aggressive?“–but I no longer

who once glowed

Only twenty days remained. Let

like casting funeral coins. Rising with imperial weariness, my trailing sleeve painted crimson arcs midair–only when courtyard wind kissed my fingertips did I

frostbite–sharp panic. But when he got up to chase me, Rita held his waist tightly

Shaw residence. Along the way, Julian kept calling, and I blocked him directly. Then, I sent a message to my mother–in–law: Give me

almost had a heart attack when she read the

was driving down the road. At some point, the sky turned dark and it began to rain. My mind

was rear–ended, slamming my head into the steering wheel and a sharp pain spreading from my forehead I looked up

the door rang I call down the window.

da man in his fifties. He was wearing glasses and holding a black umbella.

rear–end collision We accept full responsibility. If you don’t mind, my employer in curtensly on a tight schedule Could we exchange coact beforation? Please and the repair invoice later, and res

nerves and after the Slumining the

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to his car.“Sir, the lady insists on

more heavily. The wiper rubbed the glass, and the rain

man sitting back in his car. He watched me

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