19. Clara

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[Leonard] I reached for the alarm once it began to ring, and turned it off. The long night had finally ended, and I could not help but be relieved. I dragged myself out of bed, dreading the exercise I was to carry out today. I had a lengthy conversation with Idris the previous night, and he pointedly told me how much of a jerk I was to have made a proposal in the manner I did. Although I saw nothing wrong with the way I proposed to my personal assistant whose name I was yet to confirm, I had to listen to Idris, coupled with the fact that she wasn't thrilled like I had expected. Maybe Idris is right after all. "Take things slowly with her." Idris had advised from the other end while I agreed, even though I had no idea what taking things slowly actually meant. I kicked against asking I

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