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he was courteous, handsome and attentive, but wasn't someone who loved her enough to see past her first logical layer and inspire her into his heart, he was a man of science. he was generous, successful and honest, but wasn't someone who drove her towards connection, he was far away from being connected to himself. he was deep, musical and made her palms sweaty, but he was also been deep, musical and making another woman's palms sweaty, he didn't live his own truth. he was someone she wanted them all to be: fun, spontaneous and free — going all in, enticing her to go all out, and when she did, as if with a flip of fingers, his mask dropped and she couldn't face her anymore, he was a sociopath.