2024-07-04 09:09:15After some moments I replied with seriousness in my voice, "I get. I'm going to come back in one piece no matter what. Not ready to lose any part of my body."
Even though I do, the Enigmatic System is gonna heal me, I added inwardly and I could bet my lips were already curling upwards into a warm smile.
[IT SEEMS THE PLAYER ISN'T RESPECTING HIMSELF RIGHT NOW]
Mind your business! I yelled at the system inwardly. Don't keep poking your nose into my matters!
"I trust you then," Paulina told me. "Since you've promised to come back in one piece, I'll trust you with this."
"Thanks for giving me your trust," I said to her. "I won't disappoint you no matter what."<
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The tension in the boutique thickened as I faced every John and the woman employee. My coronary heart raced, no longer out of worry but from the boiling anger that surged through me. Here I grow to be a modified guy who has risen from the depths of despair, and those two have been the reason for dragging me back down. "Listen right here," I commenced out, my voice steady but laced with authority. "You haven't any idea who you're talking to. I may have been the underdog, however I’m no longer that character. I will no longer stand idly with the useful resource of while you belittle me or my female friend."John laughed, a mocking sound that echoed through the boutique. “Oh, what are you going to do? Throw a tantrum? You do not scare me, you little peasant. You have to be thankful that a person like her even seems your way.”Paulina had subsequently discovered the commotion. She strode over, her expression moving from interest to venture. “What’s going on right here?” she demanded, eyes
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