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Benjamin heard the voice recording, and his heart swelled from happiness. Surely, Rebecca hadn’t given up on him just yet. Though she had told him they should meet in person, he couldn’t control himself. He went to a private room and ended up calling her straight away. As the phone rang, his heart raced. As every second passed, he heard his heart and pulse more and more clearly. The call was answered, and there was silence. Nobody spoke. “R-Rebecca?” His voice contained all the care in the world. “Why did you call?” a quivering and unclear voice came from the other side. “I told you we should meet directly and discuss.” “Yes, but… were you sleeping? I mean, your voice is shaky.” “Yeah,” Rebecca rubbed her face. “I was tired, so I ended up falling asleep.” A few seconds of silence followed. Both felt like talking, but they didn’t know what to speak about. After moving away, she thought his priorities would change just as she was trying to change her priorities and get him out of his head, though it didn’t work out. Her family kept telling her Benjamin wouldn’t fit in the equation of Sterlings, but her heart still couldn’t move away from him.

Even though she had her family around her, she felt isolated all these days.

“I don’t trust my mom, Benjamin,” she opened up her heart a bit. “I don’t trust anyone in my family. They all want to marry me to a guy of their choosing, regardless of my feelings. I worked hard and started earning enough so that my words will have some weight in this family, and that’s how I was able to marry you.” She paused, a hint of regret leaving her breath. “And I’m not sure where this will lead us… but trust me, I will not let their ramblings influence me. So…”

“So?” Benjamin’s heart was skipping fast.

“Let’s be… friends, until we sort all these issues, or misunderstandings or whatever they are,” she said. “Is that okay with you?”

He didn’t reply.

“Benjamin? Are you there?”

“I-It’s totally okay,” he replied and laughed a little. “I mean, they say couples are also best friends, so…

“About the divorce…” she hesitantly said and paused, but his heart shook from the suspense,“ let’s decide that after we come to a decision.”

of relief. “Sure. So, when are we meeting? How about we go to a

tired.” “Okay. How about tomorrow?” “…we’ll see. Can I get back to sleep now?” “Yeah, yeah, sure. Oh, wait, one more thing,” he hurriedly asked. “Did you

“What video?”

important, so don’t forget.” “Okay. Bye.” “Yeah. Good night. Sweet dreams, and…” he hesitantly

phone didn’t feel awkward or unpleasant, but it definitely felt slightly embarrassing. Then again, it was nothing new. Whenever Benjamin

work, despite her hurting him innumerable times in just eight or so months. Could someone like him have slept with many other women at the same time? She

perfect,” she thought, “but that’s no excuse, either. Maybe he’s telling the truth, or maybe he’s not. However, he’s been very patient with me, so I’ll try to do the same

was too tired, and her head

dogs would have laughed at his dance. However, nobody was

a lot of stress out of

a restrained laughter

the “he looked around. There were two eyes watching him through the

Lord,” Shadow said, covering his mouth with his hand for another couple of seconds. “Ahem,” he cleared his throat, “you meant to show me a new type

turned red from embarrassment. “Shadow, you sneaky little rat!” he lunged forth and punched the vent-hole. It broke and smashed

still laughing. “Hahaha. I don’t think I can keep this

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made him laugh some more, and tears sprang to his eyes. “I see what you did there,” Benjamin was boiling mad. He would have crawled out through the vent-hole if only he was small enough to fit. “Just stay

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