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Josie
Anything you want, my love. Had more endearing, tantalizing words ever been spoken? My heart was still racing from hearing them ease past Alex’s lips, even though I was trying my best to convince myself they had most likely only been uttered because Alex allowed himself to forget for a moment that I wasn’t Claire.
Was this what it was like to be Claire? Did he jump to do whatever she wished? From the glimpses I’ve had of his feelings for her, I sensed that she had him wrapped around her pinkie finger and that he would do anything to make her happy.
I stared down at my lap. The flower pattern on the pretty skirt I had painstakingly picked out for this evening swirled in my vision.
As much as I wanted to believe that he had meant to say those glorious words to me, I could tell
