Nicole Harper
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I almost didn’t go.
I stood in front of the mirror longer than necessary, staring at my reflection like I could find an excuse to back out if I looked hard enough. My fingers hovered over my phone more than once, tempted to send a quick message to cancel, to say something had come up, to push it to another day. But I’d already said yes and I really needed to get it over with.
I was tired of the man hovering around my life like a dark f*****g cloud.
“You know you’re not obligated to go, right?” Tristan asked, watching me from the bed.
“Yeah, but I don’t want him to keep showing up.”
“I’ll—“
“Take care of it?” I finished for him. “Do you have a savior complex or something?”
Tristan didn’t falter. “Only when it comes to you.”
I exhaled slowly, kissing Tristan goodb
