(Sophie)
After dinner, Alexander drove me back to his place. I had planned to go home, but he asked me to stay, and I didn’t want the night to end yet. We talked for a while in his living room, nothing serious, just easy conversation about work, family, and little things that made us laugh. When it got late, he asked again if I wanted to stay. I said yes. We didn't have s*x, we just held each other close while we slept.
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I woke up to the sound of voices outside. At first I thought it was just people on the street, but when I sat up and looked through the curtains, I froze. Paparazzi. Cameras. Reporters. Dozens of them. They were gathered right in front of Alexander’s house.
I pulled the curtains shut and grabbed my phone. It was full of notifications. Texts, emails, missed calls. M
