The Unexpected Date

Five years Ago

The mocking smile lingered on his handsome face, but then his rigid posture shifted. The massive crowd held its breath, waiting for the mafia prodigy to tear my dignity to shreds. Instead, his dark gaze shifted from my burning face to the sea of onlookers surrounding us. He raised his chin, projecting his deep voice across the stone courtyard for every single student to hear.

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