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GETTING REJECTED

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~~ Hazel's POV ~~

I made it back to the guest bedroom and locked the door behind me. My entire body was shaking.

I pulled off the damp robe and threw it across the room like it had personally betrayed me. Which, in a way, it had. The silk nightie clung to my wet skin uncomfortably and I peeled that off too, leaving it in a heap on the floor.

Now I stood in front of the mirror completely naked and tried to process and understand what had just happened.

I had gone to Kai, put myself out there, of
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