"A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written." — Tim O'Brien
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For two days, she didn't visit. For two f*cking days, Aphrodite left him on edge, wondering her next plan for him. Her silence was slowly killing him from the inside out. Since she was getting inured to human life, Ben knew she was efficient with technology and must be using Scarlett's phone, yet he didn't dare to call her - he wasn't going to invite trouble by himself.
As if that was not enough, Mason and Noah were driving him crazy with his schedule. He was way behind on his books, but how was he going to meet a deadline when he was a mess. His emotion couldn't be sorted out at the moment, not even by a world-famous proficient psychologist.