NadezhdaThe emotions come flooding back too quickly, and I stumble away from him. He is still laughing too hard to notice, so I recover by sitting on the edge of his bed and tucking my hands in my lap lest they decide to go rogue and stroke the sharp cut of his cheekbone.Finally, he looks at me, and his smile is breathtaking. All pearly white and straight. He presses his hands onto his hips, looking handsome and rugged. "Fine. Maybe I was having a bad day, too.""We were both having bad days," I say. "That's it.""That's it," he agrees, nodding his head. As he does, his smile begins to fade. "One bad day, and I ruined your life."He looks truly broken up about it, so I chuckle. "Hardly."When he sits next to me on the bed, the mattress dips under his weight and gravity forces me closer to him. I have to actively fight to keep my shoulder from brushing his. He folds his hands in his lap, his thumbs circling around one another like boxers in the ring. "Your life was already ruined?"I
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