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I was afraid to raise my head up… a fear I didn’t know why… but it went away when I saw the sky… to find myself falling up.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMXPsHHcwV
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The space was so tight it felt suffocating, as if it were upside down … Pain spread through her body like fire and smoke filling the air. 172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMhIqxs4Ik
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Her vision was blurry, yet she could still make out the figure of a man in front of her, soaked in blood, motionless, showing no signs of life. And the body of a woman, seemingly young, her features obscured by wounds … The pristine white of her dress nowstained a dark crimson color 172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJpWY8wQtv
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The blaring of sirens and honking of cars grew louder, intensifying her headache and dizziness, as if she were trapped in a whirlwind. 172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKS4icsrrH
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Darkness began closing in from all sides, and those piercing eyes appeared, staring at her. Hands reached out—strangling her, restraining her already bound body. She could feel breaths, whispers like hissing at her ears:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYvN07GMiI
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«It’s your fault.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaend72WPs
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«You’re a murderer.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3yJKxPBwJ
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«You should have died instead.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj65T7JUgo
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«Cursed witch.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaRkvtJMTR
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The grip on her neck tightened, suffocating her, her lungs desperate for air as she thrashed in a futile attempt to escape.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71Tj949Rck
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She gasped awake, filling her lungs with air, drenched in sweat, leaving damp imprints on the bedsheet.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mL8GNNHFP
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It took her a few minutes to catch her breath and grasp what was happening around her.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCElVzqEpl
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«A dream… no, a nightmare.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf88gUwRwUf
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She turned her gaze toward the clock.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY9NBLxZ1x
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4:30 AM.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfVFJuIVJv
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Really? She had only slept for half an hour!172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbQgG9TOD6
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Yes, Eileen’s old and unwelcome friend had returned—insomnia—bringing along its usual gift: nightmares.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKY1M5ZQIN
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Since she met Arthur, her nightmares had lessened. She had even managed to sleep for a few hours sometimes.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBkoDMES3x
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But as Arthur once said, he would be away for a while…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdNrghZFe7
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It had been three days, maybe more, since their last meeting.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4YrP0OfT7
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And there was still about a week left until their agreed-upon reunion.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJuGCUbI2m
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Arthur had completely vanished, to the point where Eileen started doubting his existence—was he just an illusion? A figment of her imagination?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOazxJyO0M
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If it weren’t for the kite she had found yesterday, which she believed he had sent either late at night or before dawn, and for his scarf still hanging by the door…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9XA3tn3UV
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Dragging herself to the bathroom, she decided that even though the sun had yet to rise, it was better to get up than to drown in bed and thoughts that led nowhere.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNkZ4KrfTl
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For in the absence of the sun, all thoughts turn dark and bleak.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiSWj5iyia
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Stepping out of the bathroom, she was met with her reflection in the mirror.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQS1WQopENQ
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She had long planned to get rid of it or give it to some random person… Her own image was not something she wanted to see.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX85zeAMj9H
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Perhaps she was simply blind to the truth—that she was beautiful.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnTzdyJQI8
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Exquisitely so, though hidden behind a veil of exhaustion and shadows of sleepless nights.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY3XCgRW5G
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She resembled a weary angel, yet all she could focus on were the dark circles beneath her eyes, the pallor of her skin reminiscent of a vampire’s, and the noticeable frailty of her figure.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyJkKpYrLb
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She finally turned away from her reflection, shifting her attention to the window, where she noticed the paper airplane resting nearby.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa8Gqn5pDB
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A slight smile appeared on her lips and her features softened with relief. 172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lY76dWTRe
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She read the words written on it, then carefully folded it, placing it alongside its sisters in the glass box—a habit she had picked up ever since the first kite landed on her floor… and in her heart.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xZaGrAsiN
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After changing her clothes, she put on her coat and scarf—actually, Arthur’s scarf—choosing it over her own.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYCyVqLQDx
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Perhaps because she wanted to feel Arthur’s presence around her after his disappearance?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl84oh5XfW
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Or maybe because it was warmer?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodvqRcroMB
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Or maybe… because she missed the owner of that scarf?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bT2r48YeS
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Who knew… No one, not even Eileen.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfDJWybstQ
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Or perhaps she did know… but preferred to ignore the feelings that had been stirring within her lately.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qW8giNo4u
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Feelings for someone who lived next door, whom she knew nothing about, who had suddenly entered her life and changed thousands of things—without even doing anything.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4N4FKzgDA
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The moment she stepped outside, the cold wind kissed her face, prompting her to shove her hands into her pockets and bury her face and nose into the scarf.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo8b0FwxAl
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With her usual slow, unchanging steps, and eyes embracing the sky, she wandered aimlessly before sunrise.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhpK0uEzMi
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She used to never lift her gaze from the ground while walking—at any time, in any place.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MJiYhCLGJ
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But now, ever since the first time she gazed at the sky with Arthur… she had fallen in love with that vast expanse.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDC9ZPWkaG6
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She had grown to adore its star-studded blackness, its blue streaked with white clouds, and the fiery hues of sunset.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDheE7LSRq
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She cherished its stars, its moon, its sun.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIu09Kljlr
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She found solace only in contemplating them.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyulUcDNjiT
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And there, on the bridge overlooking the vast sea, she watched the sun rise, casting golden rays that reminded her of someone.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFULOq0anG
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She could almost see Arthur’s silhouette watching it with her.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv3LJv6UbM
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«I see you everywhere… What have you done to be so deeply etched in my mind? We barely know each other… And yet, feeling all of this while we’re practically strangers—it’s unsettling…»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVYBrnnblQ
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Arthur had appeared suddenly at the start of December.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT71f8iMfq
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And now, the month was nearing its end.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVaPWyBXx9
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Yet, he had become an integral part of Eileen’s routine.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwYaSGUUtx
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That in itself was a cause for concern… and fear.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYVs6Lmr4v
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What if Eileen grew too attached to him?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPB5zeTyiaM
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And in the end, he left—because she had never truly mattered to him in the first place.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeNpxqv2uw
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What if his actions were nothing more than pity for a depressed girl?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFcKuDsX0p
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Or perhaps he just wanted some company during his stay—nothing more.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgSU3Yc5uW
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Eileen doubted her place in Arthur’s life… Not just in his, but in everyone’s.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡee7PE6tyuN
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She had always been replaceable.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDzMPu5BE3
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She had never been anyone’s number one.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D2gx8XbGc
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That planted within her a perpetual fear of abandonment.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yR1FDGYxd
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And in an attempt to avoid pain, she had become even more withdrawn than before.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPrCVRDiNM
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Then, problems began piling up, one after the other—shaking her confidence, isolating her, fueling self-blame, overthinking, and insomnia…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtpBisyU10
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All shaping her into the person she was now.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInmm9Uhk5d
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She still believed she didn’t deserve love.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UOOVeo5oJ
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That she was a curse to everyone around her.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZq6X0GwIE
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Memories, old events—still shackled to her.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkWCCuDgNr
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For nightmares are merely echoes of memories and experiences we failed to overcome, unable to cast them into the farthest corners of our minds.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp3ILL8pVG
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And so, they return to haunt us… until we face them.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZnNkJu9R0
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A sudden gust of cold wind snapped her out of her thoughts.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPfieZq7xu
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Noticing that the sun had already risen, she realized it was time to head to work.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXgZ9L4dxz
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And so, the days passed for Eileen, as if she had fallen back into her endless loop.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fRJIwjbyd
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The dark thoughts in her mind never ceased—they spoke day and night, at all times, in all places, driving her to the brink of madness.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55BS5E6zoA
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A heavy week crawled by, and the awaited day finally arrived.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpvItYbRQU
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She dressed well—or at least, she tried to look presentable.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhUX6FiAaa
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Standing beneath the streetlight where she always met Arthur, she counted the minutes and seconds.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelBYRpH7Of
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«He’s late… What if he doesn’t come?»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJZc4UMfoS
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Doubt gnawed at her once more.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe9UscUSFp
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Why would Arthur leave his friends and family just to wander around with her?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LwkeVByV7
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With his bright personality and handsome face, she was sure he was quite popular.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGr9b3GUUX
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Meanwhile, Eileen… Well, she didn’t want to start another self-loathing spiral.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09nzy0RAyo
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But honestly, spending time with her would be a waste. She wasn’t fun, nor a great conversationalist, nor did she possess a remarkable personality or beauty…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYqfh1ZMZa
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She shut her eyes tightly, covering her ears, as a cacophony of intrusive thoughts and noise swelled in her head.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9S5h6Uc7l
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Then—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqorzSgPsKq
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A hand rested on her shoulder.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmEgQW6NQg
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She slowly opened her eyes, looking up to meet his worried blue gaze.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktawDNxltE
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«Eileen, is something wrong? Are you okay?»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OhSOeCwDs
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He offered his hand to help her up, and she grasped it.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyMcXOIL7W
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«I’m fine… I just got tired of standing, so I sat down for a bit.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNX2SOgq0v
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«Good. I’m really sorry for being late… I’ll make it up to you with a meal—my treat.»172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7cGvaD2e6
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And as always, in Arthur’s presence, all those thoughts and voices fell silent, granting her a few minutes of peace.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacyRnt8BbB
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She smiled faintly and nodded.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkQFXsi8Pd
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As usual, he intertwined their fingers and tucked their hands into his pocket.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyzRMoGKIv
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They exchanged a few glances before walking on, each holding countless questions but they kept it to themselves. —choosing instead to savor the moment.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3bsrozKWI
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And for a fleeting second, Eileen felt guilty for the dark thoughts she had about Arthur earlier.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST8OBZVTst
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They continued their walk, silence accompanying them, under the glow of the moon and stars…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I5wI9Sdhz
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Hoping for a beautiful night.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVEomTZgcM
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And a beautiful start to the new year.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Aia9Ie45o
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So what caused Arthur's disappearance? 172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KepWMNOCf
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Where will things lead them?172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTz1XSnoa1
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And where will their relationship end?
Thanks for reading.
♡With love ♡
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