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I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A YES
Author: Persephone
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I look at the mountain of boxes just in the living room. I have absolutely zero motivation to open them. Maybe I should’ve just thrown everything out and started new. Minimalism is pretty in right now.

“I’m going to take that as a yes.”

I give her a half-assed smile, and she rolls her eyes playfully before going to speak with the movers.

Thank the Gods she came to help me out. I’d be seriously lost without her.

Literally. I can’t even see over some of these boxes.

I look around my new place, which is a lot larger than I expected. Even with all the boxes piled up, I can tell I lucked out with the stunning open floor plan and two massive bedrooms. When Parker said he was getting the apartment repainted, I thought he meant because the previous tenants ruined the walls. Nope. He’d gotten the entire apartment painted an extremely sheer pastel pink color. He even went so far as to get a doorbell system installed to give me peace of mind. It seems a little much for an apartment on the fortie
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    FRANCIS OPENING THE BACK DOOR

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