Chapter 89
Author: Zendaya MJ
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Jason let out a deep sigh as he sat down in his office. The previous week had been more than hectic for him, and all he wanted to do was sit in a place and gather his thoughts together.

He knew that asking Beverly to marry him was a failed venture before he even did.

However, he wanted it to be in the record that he had tried. It was the second time he was putting forth his proposal.

He thought that if he graduated college, she might begin to see him like a man, but it was not happening.

She still regarded him as her student and was overly conscious about the things she was doing with him, even things that were not so intense.

In their last conversation, before he returned from the city, she had made it clear to him that she was focused on finding herself.

It meant an automatic break from her relationship with Lucas, and also an automatic resignation from work.

Jason thought that it was indeed what was best for her. She needed the time off to think and process the next phase of
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