Grace's dream was a career in the fashion industry. But while she's finally pursuing that dream, her personal life remains a nightmare. Will she be able to escape an abusive relationship? And will she be able to find happiness and maybe true love?
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The aftermath of our making our relationship public is exactly what I expected. And it only takes a couple of insults for me to stop looking at my notifications. It's not what I need right now. Or ever.
The amount of people looking at my stories has skyrocketed and a familiar name is back in there. Abel. He hadn't seen any of them for a couple of months and I hoped he was done with his stalking, but it seems like he isn't. I also choose to ignore him. I don't even want to think whether this news will hurt him or not. I don't care.
"Are you done packing?"
"Yes. But I'm not sure I'm ready to go back to the real world", I confess.
"Me neither. But at least we get to see Luna again".
"Yes. I've missed her so much".
"Me too. Can I show you something?"
He moves to his suitcase and opens it to take something, trying not to mess up the order of the rest of the things too much.
"I got her this the other day while I was going for a walk and you napped".
When I look at what he's holding, I see the cutest little toy.
"It's supposed to be for children", he says, "but I checked and it doesn't have any small pieces, so she can play with it too".
"It's perfect".
"You think she'll like it?", he asks, excited to see I like his gift for my cat.
"I know she will. But not as much as I like you".
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Many hours and a couple of naps later, we are back home. We head straight for my apartment since Luna is there.
"Luni??", I say when I open the door.
And then I hear a squeal and little paws hitting the floor.
"You're back!", yells Bella, before engulfing me in a hug. "I'll hug you too soon, Rúben. Don't think I'll miss that opportunity".
But Rúben is not listening to any of us. He's too busy hugging Luna.
"If you want to get the most liked video in the history of Instagram, you should film that", she says while we look at Rúben laying down on the floor and giving belly kisses to Luna. "You're drooling, Grace".
I hit her hand which pretends to clean my drool. "So are you".
"I didn't say I wasn't".
I move to the kitchen and Bella follows me there.
"Do you want a cup of tea?"
"Please", she answers, sitting on one of my chairs. "So, good holidays? They looked good via photos".
