ʜᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛ, ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜱꜱɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅ. ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜱꜱɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋꜱ. "ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄʀʏ.. ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ" --------------------------------- " ʀᴀʏᴀɴꜱʜ, ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ?" ᴠɪᴀɴ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴀʏᴀɴꜱʜ.ʜᴇ ʟᴀᴜɢʜᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴀɪᴅ "ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏɴ, ᴠɪᴀɴ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ." --------------------------------- " ʀᴀʏᴀɴꜱʜ... ɪ... ɪ... ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ..ꜱᴀʏ...ʏᴏᴜ..ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ." ʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪʀʀɪᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇᴅ, " ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ɪᴛ? ꜱᴀʏ ɪᴛ ꜰᴀꜱᴛ. ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰʀᴇᴇ." " ɪ.. ɪ.. ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ.... ɪ'ᴍ... ᴘʀᴇ...ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ.." ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ɴᴇʀᴠᴏᴜꜱ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱɪᴅᴇ. ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ. ✯✯✯𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 ✯✯✯ ✦ 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑦 × 𝑆ℎ𝑦 ✦ 𝐴𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 × 𝑆𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 ✦ 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 ✦ 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑦