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DIAMOND HART   TWENTY-THREE

Chris was starting to panic as he watched Starr lie on his couch. It was already late in the night, had she still hadn't done as much as blink. He had tried to reach his doctor, but his line wasn't reachable. He tried to reach Magnus, but Magnus wasn't picking. He instantly presumed that if Magnus wasn't picking, Valentine wasn't going to also. So he was stranded, with nothing but fear. He sat with his legs up, his chin on his kneel as he watched her. He couldn't watch for long though, because panic took over him, so he decided to go get water.

DIAMOND HART   TWENTY-TWO

Soon, Chris' project was off and the launching was on. Starr hadn't wanted to go to the launch party, since she hasn't since Chris since he walked out of her apartment. She had told herself that she was fine and didn't need a man to be happy, but whenever she stayed at home, her mind alway managed to linger to him whenever she saw any spot he had stood or stayed before in her house. It made it almost impossible for her to sleep in her room, so she often slept in her guest room instead. Magnus had also been giving her space, also focusing on the project. He had been showing up at her office, just to say hi and check up on her, but he didn't bring Chris up at all and didn't talk about Valentine. They were doing fine like that. For some reasons, she was yet to agree to, Starr found herself at Chris's launching party. It was a small gathering, but people had actually turned up for it. A lot of people, apart from the owner of the launching party. Starr had take

DIAMOND HART   TWENTY-ONE

Magnus had his head on Valentine's chest, both of them cuddled up and unclad beneath Valentine's duvet. They had been there for a while, simply enjoying their presence and silence, until Magnus decided to break it off. "How is he?" he had asked Valentine, who quickly picked on, then sighing. "Not that good, honestly," Valentine replied Magnus. "Even though he keeps on saying he's fine, whenever I ask him, he still acts like he isn't. He doesn't go out anymore, won't pick his calls or reply to any messages. He looks like a person who isn't taken care of, in any way." He sighed. "He also won't talk about what happened."Magnus felt his heart sunk, while Valentine felt extremely down. They both wanted to help Chris, but they both didn't know how to. "She's so scary, I can't even walk up to her and talk to her," Magnus said with a sigh, snuggling Magnus the more Magnus chuckled, adjusting himself to a comfortable state in Va

DIAMOND HART   TWENTY

"Answer me Ma'am," Magnus said with a firm voice, causing Starr to freeze. Magnus was frowning. A deep frown. He knew what Starr had been through and why she was like that, but he also knew Chris and knew he had honest intentions. Starr didn't reply, letting her face fall as she looked at her almost completed work on her desk. "Starr Hart," Magnus called her sharply, causing her to quickly look up at him. "Did you hurt Chris, one more fucking time because of your insecurities?" he asked firmly. Starr simply shrugged, not wanting to get verbal with him in any way. Magnus couldn't hold his anger as the day of how she cried like she was going to cry out her soul because of a useless man, slipped into his mind like a reminder. He felt pity for her, but he couldn't tell her or show it. But, he relaxed, thinking of a better way to handle the matter. He knew she had been through a lot, but he also w

DIAMOND HART   NINETEEN

Starr was fine. She could swear. As long as she could keep herself busy and not give herself a chance to think about what had happened, she was totally fine. After all, she hadn’t started falling for him yet, right?She woke up the next day, immediately got dressed and off to work. She knew she had a busy day at work, and would have no time for thoughts or unnecessary things. She didn’t have any meeting that day, but she had quite a ton of paperwork to attend to. She made Amber know she didn’t want to be disturbed, except it was regarding business – strictly business.Magnus hadn’t come to see her at all, so it gave her more work time. She covered a lot, and was almost done, when Magnus finally landed. For lots of reasons, she felt glad by his presence. “Been busy?” she asked him, with a smile as she wiggled her pen between her fingers.Magnus smiled, nodding. “Working on Chris’ project,” he said, takin

DIAMOND HART   EIGHTEEN

Magnus couldn’t hold his laugh, as he laughed hard. Crackling. “Did I, maybe… interrupt something?” he asked in between laughter, intentionally wanting to spite Starr.Starr groaned so lowly, one might have mistaken it f

DIAMOND HART   SIXTEEN

MATURE WARNING! The date went fine, or so did Chris think. But, Starr had retreated and recoiled by the time they were on their way back home. She was back to how she was when they were on their way to the restaurant, as quiet as a mouse. Not wanting to ruin things, Chris a

DIAMOND HART   FIFTEEN

DIAMOND HART   FOURTEEN

DIAMOND HART   THIRTEEN

"It's a lie," Magnus excitedly said to her, flapping his arm close to his face, fanning himself. "He did legit ask you out?" he asked again, causing her to nod. "Oh my gawd! My ship is fucking sailing, Bitches!" He was so excited, Starr could feel it. She didn't know why he