“How could you do this, D?” Her tears had yet to fall, and she couldn’t fathom why. She felt like someone had just stabbed her in the heart, and ripped out her soul with pliers. Feeling a chill, he bent down and put on his boxers. Daniel walked toward the bed, and grabbed his towel. After wiping the sweat from his chest, he walked over to her, and placed her in his arms. She didn’t know how to react. Should she hit him? Embrace him? She just stood there, stuck. “I am so sorry you had to see that.” There it was. She pushed him back with all of the strength she could muster. “You’re sorry I saw it? The fuck? What about the fact that it happened, Daniel? You’ve violated everything that is us.” Her eyes swayed left then right searching for a sign that he’d just chosen the wrong words. There was none. He stared at her with a smirk she’d fell in love with. Her world was turning against her. “Daniel!”
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