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Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

It's been seventy-five days since I've slept with Joseph, and the feeling of his arms around me is still a faint memory that will not shake. A memory even during my worst of times that I would gladly agree to repeat. I hate to admit my still lingering feelings for him after he rejected me. But I can't deny it, I still have feelings for him.

I look down at Charlie. The small pup has now grown bigger, the once small dog that could fit in my arms now is too big for me to carry with ease. He's snuggled against my chest as I lay on the mattress in agonizing pain. My uterus, body, and the lack of wanting a fertilized egg right now are at war, and it seems like my uterus is winning.

I hate my life.

There's nothing that could make this any worse.

"Alice!" Joseph shouts as he climbs up the ladder to the mattress. I was wrong, very wrong. Karma, or Joseph, the six-foot man with long hair and a scruffy beard, sits on the edge of the bed. Staring at me, worrying if I'll be alright to function another day.

This pain is a blessing in disguise. A horrible, horrible disguise that makes me contemplate jumping off a very very high cliff. But it makes it easier not to think of Joseph and the way he's so caring at this time, all the time. It would be much easier for me to be less attracted to him if he didn't look so fit in the beard or his constant checking up on me and delivery of things.

"Yes, Joseph?"

"How are you feeling?"

"Well, you know, like shit. Nothing has changed about that. You?" I'm going to sit here and die slowly for a few days, and my body will act as if nothing happened. It's like an abusive relationship but with my body.

I use my arms to lift the upper half of my body and look up at Joseph. Those freckles, those damn six dots that line up perfectly. I wish I could touch them again. Run, my slender finger against them, and think of what constellation I know it mimics. "Nothing of real importance.I'm more worried about you."

I use my hand to cover my cheek, that's fighting for a blush to come out. Dammit, I'm going to be as red as a tomato if this keeps up. "It's fine," I mutter under my breath. Calm down Alice. "What are your plans for today?"

"Nothing new, I'm going to do a bit of fishing, not too far away from you, and do some light reading. I have about two books that I haven't read left."

He didn't finish the collection yet? It's been well over enough time for him to finish them all. He's been slacking. I let out snort, "I read all of them last week."

He crosses his arms, making me gulp. "Well, Alice. Not everyone is a speed reader like you. And besides, you've already read some of those books before. So for all I know, you could have skipped some pages and made it seem like you've read them from start to finish."

My mouth falls open, and I laugh. He knows better than anyone that I would never lie about something like that. "Just because I read the harry potter series many times does not mean I would ever skip a word of the fantastic world that is Harry Potter and his school of magic."

"Right," he trails on sounding highly unagreeing of my words of Harry Potter. If he says, Harry Potter is not a superior and doubly impressive book series with interesting characters, fantastic world-building, and a magic system that makes other books seem like child's play. Then I will become the sole survivor of this goddamn island because I will gut him myself.

"Joseph, my lovely idiotic lovely friend. Please don't tell me that you did not enjoy Harry Potter. You were so graciously given the complete series in this unfortunate situation."