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They went to bed at ten o'clock at night. They had spent most of the afternoon watching movies, since she had that day off. But she never stopped thinking about work and during that day she was completely nervous. At no time did she fail to mention that she would be leaving earlier in the morning.
That was fine with him. He understood that she loved her job. Sometimes he needed his girlfriend's affection, but he tried to understand that she was working on something important; he didn't know what it was, but he guessed.
They went to bed at ten o'clock at night. He wanted to talk about a future marriage, but it had to wait. Now was not the time. His fingers tingled every time he remembered the magnificent ring he had purchased.
She fell asleep first. He dreamed her.
But the next day she didn't come back by the time he had returned from work.