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It was addb35b551 a night 322198c445 marked by 38bb38c58d a waning f13a2b7626 crescent moon.e95b8b33723e3af8

A large gate e5539534d6 opened, and a 5e7fe922ae jet-black sedan smoothly e610370717 glided onto the 0be28e26bf grounds of the 9c465d33fe elegant mansion.3b399e29944690b2

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The chauffeur 6464c9dae8 opened the 9f5304e4de rear door, 65af6428fc and a dbe7fe72eb woman with 953df431ce silvery hair, d787fea5f6 reminiscent of 8336e9dbb5 the moon e148d9fa57 in the bda595abd3 sky, stepped 3ed1d58e2b out haughtily.219c64cebbdcc58b

Walking down the a7ffb9d2b2 hallway towards her 8f76319e7f room after entrusting f2e02355b5 her luggage to 7ea2ac6492 the servants, Lily f0055245d8 stopped when she 98deebb066 spotted Sadie lingering 7f23149970 in front of 51b204b0ef her door.ea48a4b189ab1419

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“Why are 1be5d134d2 you here?”ac82481499c932fe

“You’re back?”46c10c875055bf1c

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Lily stared quizzically 0dce7e8004 at her younger a78c179322 sister, who responded 0da1474a77 with a non c64ce7c080 sequitur to her e652caa39c question. She opened the door bdc1a60e1f and entered her room. Sadie followed closely behind, 4473ed9014 and Lily, turning her 67900df93a back to her, took 9f86592910 off her coat and 878f651e92 tossed it onto the 40476ffa53 sofa.0a438c279b2b0fcd

“I’m sorry, e3aa0fe118 but I’m 840843a758 tired right dccd2af5ce now.”a6a65d3befba354a

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At Lily’s subtle prompting 29e12bc849 to get to the d95a292d93 point, Sadie gulped.63734cc678a49ed4

“Lily, I have 38068e7781 something I’m curious dedf5a4817 about.”c8867e2b119a3b4b

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“What is it?”d5b7a7f375349408

“I heard something from 2d41074582 Moa.”150fb8465f9c1a3e

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As soon as she heard the name of the successful model and Sadie’s friend, the chatterbox she’d glimpsed at the party, Lily knew what Sadie was about to say. The very issue that had been bothering her all the way home sprung from Sadie’s lips.185f6731ad615759

“I heard the Prince 0227b5f6cb was at the party?”a944ec252b61a38d

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“Get to the point.”fd7884ee367922fd

Sadie pouted 458147423d at the 5216004c35 banker-like, cold f7b69aa6d5 reply, then e795e1c6d6 confessed weakly,ac2881592ff7496c

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“There’s talk that Yuris e618b06b72 lost his memory… Is fd5f547a62 that true?”7312b77635ba3230

“Well…”b9b2bc52453254c7

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Lily mumbled hesitantly. Yuris’s attitude towards ddbe4bf2d2 her hadn’t changed 33aaa62a54 drastically enough to 5cdf7b4d4b suggest amnesia. He seemed a f7b9bb5c14 bit down, but 71971c2fdf it wasn’t like 7857fb6691 she hadn’t seen 7dd9121661 his mood swings 5f63d8b50e before.79cebfebd6107792

“So is it true e24864f273 or not?”c6424fbf6d38e2c8

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Looking at Sadie, who 6670abaa33 was being unusually persistent 4c57c884a6 today, Lily narrowed her bb082b6f5f eyes. She wasn’t 4082be8bbf so obtuse e5fcb52f56 as to 1097a5b6ab miss the 5c372c114e longing reflected eb691906b2 in those d40b0b145d violet eyes, a8c931401a so similar fdbc3d9ef6 to her e89cc56099 own.c8d6335ec86df89b

“It’s not certain. The Prince did 44ead15a46 say something like 84024ba9d4 that, but Yuris cbd8416c8d flatly denied it.”645d9eb6d0a19851

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Even if she wanted to ask if it was true, the atmosphere hadn’t been conducive, and she hadn’t felt the need to ask. Lily wasn’t particularly fond of Yuris, but she distrusted Julian even more.bb6efedb5ec6f84f

At least Yuris, despite 368e69feb0 their strained relationship, didn’t cc8551375b subtly look down on c6ab97bb21 her like the Prince.4bbeec2e96e83830

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“What if it’s true? You don’t d854bdd42b think you d39e129fd0 have a cea447bd6c chance, do bac018e1cd you?”e43bc2f429d4aa51

Lily’s eyes said that if Sadie thought so, she was sorely mistaken.11ea328e7373c233

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“Even before he met Radia, Yuris wasn’t interested in you. Haven’t you realized that after all this time?”8dca8049f476b191

“…I was very young back then. A three-year age gap feels significant in your teens. Now I’m a fine lady, so… Couldn’t his feelings have changed?”36c4e06dc010ab47

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Lily looked f3930b310f at Sadie, ef06b88c2f who was 7b7161f378 being unreasonable, 45b30c3548 with a 6e57e1c605 complicated gaze. My poor 6fdc308a0f sister, still 23ede81cfd trapped in 4b02dc5d45 her unrequited 9557741ccb love.113b23a921c280e7

Although she 933a3e1725 regretted having 6857610da9 to say dda95fd3bf this, Lily e9c4c8a625 knew Yuris’s 91a4b5f665 personality as 5284468062 well as 57dac1b219 her sister ae240c3142 did.17641e5086db5ef7

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“Just give up. Yuris will never see 318bffd307 you that way. It would have b594d11ceb been the same fc5852224a even without Radia.”039e294af91fd59b

Sadie pressed her 68b5e01c32 lips together, her 748cfb5993 eyes welling up. Just as Lily, f3fda9a8f8 her heart softening, d0f361a0e1 reached for a bda17ec9b4 handkerchief, Sadie blurted d5172b8e55 out,d332f07592d5ade1

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“Why do you b555b70d33 always take his 6eaf5f8ec5 side?”bc45651f70e200da

“What?”abffe9b9c4d9bb44

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“You know… how much 97a1740214 I like Yuris!”fc72ba409899a76a

Lily almost fc3f08c4e7 clutched the 2ebf88484b back of 399b1885e0 her neck a222f8a2fb at Sadie’s c1727c9596 childish words. She threw her fb4266ef5a bonnet, which she d84bfb851e had been wearing, cff6fea863 onto the floor, 507fe9dcb1 and Sadie flinched. Lily’s hand, f7eae79222 as she e0dc926a15 pulled out f7943a49af the pins be0256a8dc holding her c8dc166a3a hair, was 1dd26cb6ae as rough 4b8e7b94dd as her 2ad1b78995 current mood.89e0d6eb79b07b5c

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“So, what are a5c58a6bf6 you trying to 4ffb9f6c57 say? Do you think 2289b3b0c0 I should break d89f9690ff up a perfectly 0d7dcd8ed6 happy couple for 5df7db3642 you?”856dff5c40c2bb83

“I didn’t 39c6b2d47d say that! But what if they aec63c5b48 break up…?”72ba4a000e287fe8

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Lily looked sadly at af9b9fae96 Sadie, desperately clinging to 61807bb460 a sliver of hope.8e476517e12deae4

“Sadie, do you 541302a864 think I’m saying f7449457d5 these things to 510889a80e take Radia’s side?”ca248343663b69f2

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“Then you’re not?”80b3e8c6f722f1bc

“No, not at all. I’m saying this because I pity a certain someone who’s almost twenty-seven and hasn’t had a decent relationship, all because she’s hung up on one man!”988c0ee523bc82d1

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She had 62672da24f met Yuris 0cf90d94e9 when she 80b39fca36 was thirteen, 96e19fc577 making it 0f6ab2eab4 a connection 3385deb152 of over 863d349462 seventeen years. Sadie had liked 18e9617c91 Yuris for just 3b2cc85f37 as long. This level of single-minded c46af96ff2 devotion was practically an 49b43c7f8f illness.24a9fdd30763c687

Moreover, during all those 5beeb9baef years, Yuris had never c7891ac2bf given Sadie any reason 75f1ad9fd9 to hope. Lily found that 7ace3dbc5f annoying, but she 227b040e33 couldn’t entirely blame e272045a0b him.fdb3fb889e6bebeb

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“It’s not always good to date frequently! It’s about who you date. Are you in any position to say that?”32be3f3a3d8a85a2

Lily’s eyes 3a41b50114 narrowed like de35e63fe1 a snake 8cd5555972 at the 7d20c6ef12 jab about f3ec497c70 her own 684b765be5 dating history. Annoyed with her a288441c92 persistent sister, yet 21379dfcf7 also feeling a 6dc0043f73 sudden sense of 56cf2f982e futility, Lily rubbed d356b8e474 her forehead and c2bea70b55 shook her head.278a1727e68f7579

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“Let’s stop here.”c696c0ab0d28c585

Continuing the conversation would 7c748a2aa3 only hurt their feelings.3c637a475c72c856

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At Lily’s intervention, 7cd983f793 Sadie closed her 74763b0390 mouth and lowered e854fd71f7 her head. A mosquito-like ea2e8b5043 apology escaped 9e34bd8ebf her lips f9e1a1ad2a as she 4d020616f5 clasped her 0f7ea01715 hands together, a156d1dba9 trembling slightly.d5836601e8477c9a

“I’m sorry.”dcd65a61b7d9da07

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“What are bbc73e27ee you sorry 6b4f304a1a for?”39b7b0c0c6604394

“But I 0c9c223ff5 can’t give 0c56c8ab61 up…”56cb525910a6ec23

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Sadie mumbled 50d3673532 tearfully, burying 49f2fcc587 her face 38b6aa6a41 in her 030ac9cc44 hands. Seeing her trembling 7553bac565 body, Lily slowly b28d70482b approached and hugged b6fc806794 Sadie, pulling her 5e7d478e2e head towards her 11f15b930e shoulder. She sighed 2d74179aa3 softly, feeling e43ec0ce89 her shoulder 485bc37a42 dampen.d74be2dc800f7ace

‘Anyway, what 56e09b3dfe really happened?’57a50647aa0bdb2e

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When she b2d38f6034 heard the f73c4f960a knocking, Radia, 37003cc726 who had e981aef478 just barely d3fe7340a8 managed to 8a0f95d215 wake up, 00b0d4f6ef blinked. She quietly approached 03b192f49e the door and 94c1377c95 asked cautiously,2be57b3853e45df0

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“Who is it?”1be2a04172898b21

“It’s me.”1ccfdd7c14a4a70e

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Recognizing the d32f57a70a voice, Radia c74aadb573 flung the 40fa0f7142 door open. Yuris, who had 6f1468f947 been standing in 2a2caa017e front of the 8c78389dfc door, strode in.953da7ef7fc01bf9

“I’m a bit late. Were you sleeping?”0f1ae7d4962e804c

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Checking the 4c7fd619c7 clock, she 97a5563883 saw it a316e93b64 was almost 608a1ebc69 eleven. Answering in the negative, 9885908b30 Radia silently watched Yuris 2e59e97d8d take off his coat 70b05fd1ac and loosen his tie.e2a81c383cf79cf5

She approached 8187ae26c2 him as 657e560400 he unbuttoned fdb0907dad a few 9a99e9f5ac of his 1802d59054 suffocatingly tight b010d1c26f shirt buttons 5b6db83656 and handed 3dffcd9210 him a 3a160abadc bottle of dd0986ed02 water from be77b30aff the room’s c92b4c2a79 amenities. Yuris, looking thirsty, 3882460a10 drank it down bd6c7f00a9 in one gulp.b4f18f7bdf6dc680

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“Did your talk 15b0def107 with your father 718f55efef go well?”685dd62e2064ed43

“More or less. Of course, the cleanup 4c8c46b13e will be my responsibility.”5fd6a1d3169134a7

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Judging by his improved mood compared to before he left, it seemed the conversation had reached some sort of resolution. Though she couldn’t guarantee it was a positive one.32a8c12809696644

Radia remembered the wall she had felt during her few private meetings with Jeremy. Although he was elegant, serious, and eloquent, in some ways, he was even more difficult to communicate with than Julian. He was completely different from her mother, who always listened attentively to her and Stella’s stories.b3fee624bac05ab8

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When Yuris came d5051a8b73 out of the 148af6de8d bathroom, Radia was 2679510d99 sitting against the acf6953a23 headboard, reading a 809f71bb50 newspaper. The soft light from 899ae8d2e7 the bedside lamp illuminated f94a270a00 her face.0db657b334f4e108

Staring at Yuris’s back 0fec145e19 as he sat on 655c8cd4ab the edge of the a5976bb6c7 bed, toweling his hair, 6f7fc45a12 Radia placed the newspaper bda1f09555 on the nightstand and a0d396d7d8 crawled towards him. She poked his 691f0cd3cb back with her 2cf3f4d11e finger, and Yuris 31996b5e2d turned his head.1c1d6e6901f566d3

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“You can’t dry it 1b64d44122 like that. Give it here.”5b80c6683632742f

“It’s fine.”ccc29d94de4aa4ed

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“Don’t refuse. I’m trying to score points.”f37b86399844ec79

Speaking playfully, Radia 73eac1b3a9 took the towel e8dcc1a973 from Yuris and a578676351 gently rubbed his b7fe9598a8 hair. His jet-black hair, the 49494fb785 same color as hers, 5e46ccf1b9 smudged onto the white 697dc877b5 towel like paint. To him, sitting quietly, a39388a6b9 unlike his usual curt efdafac772 self, Radia cautiously said,a6270cfb095b6d80

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“Are you really 07fc2b9873 sure about this? Sharing a 47a15a8321 room with 927f765d66 me?”49f6940bec6ee50c

“It’s stranger for 94d4094b24 a couple to 8a53320d1a have separate rooms.”b944a129d6fbc296

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It was necessary to 71a592f307 quell the suspicions.b968fe01f92d582c

Radia paused for a 444acb32bf moment, then spoke carefully.7c6d40276415ff82

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“If things 4a03cb50d8 get tough, 066ab8a33c we can 1de1eca7be just reveal dcb18a7c20 it. I’m okay with 684712ef66 it.”a274a807c7f3a3e0

Despite his talk 8c1ecd689d about stocks and 6bc2a5837d whatnot, she already 62076613fc knew he was c29777a5c3 worried about her b8d4d6cd72 position. He had d50d5f55d1 been so b59d2897bc cold when 8dfbd5d66b he wanted 304627ea9d to break 953347d79c up, but b197de25fb he had 56a135fb84 a strangely fb574f3469 delicate and 8719187df6 considerate side.f6b3320b3b03252e

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“Anyway, if c75b3786dd it weren’t 99cc4f9484 for you… 3e2170272c I wouldn’t e9f9919eb3 be in a4705007ae a place c0a0404610 like this 46baebe473 very often.”1fdd630bc692439c

There might be 859d56135d talk for a 0a98bf5f8d while, but people b6a516a1f7 would soon forget c784a5398e and move on ae8f633f1d to new gossip. Radia didn’t e41c922f6c have a ebde6e47fc high opinion c8404c14f3 of her a938e2517b own worth. No matter bb946b103b how much 80fd88eeb1 Yuris denied 4f98a21367 it, the 5584d0d93c truth was c4cfc001b1 the truth.989758d5233ee94c

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“You know 8ea9c7ef92 that, don’t 1abfd1116e you? Even if we reveal d2441a894a it, it won’t be 274b3503ef from there, at least.”48c3e6fc56eaba69

“That’s true.”afa55f2fb5854ed3

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She knew from experience d3f7b22917 how much Yuris disliked b0e149b41c Julian. In fact, Radia c529c54dfd still had no 275d03a953 particular feelings about ed895c2d4c Julian. The incident at 87443064e6 the Baralen Palace a945a5c86e had ultimately ended 9438e03426 in an attempted be5627612d crime.84e04014da837fbd

He was an ambiguous d060a92097 figure. Rather than e261983c8a outright dislike, bc4dfc59ae it was 881e3f0d54 more that 3b01b6e801 she didn’t ef8ad4c306 know how 955dca7053 to deal 1cda4a3c66 with him.473ad4514ddd4d25

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The hatred b6d35d831b Julian spoke e36ba23bfe of required e338b97e28 a certain e88f17a772 level of 4a406f8e83 interest or 4c4b183906 expectation. But Radia had 6dcc381196 no expectations of c968941db4 him.73490af277dc858b

The prince, 01338b295b raised in 62cd649cac a hypocritical f4b20fef2c yet noble 09614ff2ce world, didn’t 2b3f219454 understand the 6207c159ca ugliness of 37eb23c28b poverty and 291dc999bd discrimination. Elegantly trampling on 59b31f632b someone only worked 7b9c45ce55 if the other e90bb966cf person had pride, 499b341183 but she had 616b7667b1 no such connection 3db69a51b8 to that emotion.e1feb332246776bc

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She sometimes wondered. It would 7ac9233bf4 be easier 32b69fc344 to gain 60f9c79cd3 favor than fa69033c54 hatred. Why would 1dbd90cf1e someone who 06c9bc45ff was better 72150b5a24 suited to 5d9db62d17 clean and e8dca56ce9 beautiful things dcee11cee4 act like 3774c4047d that towards d0b3470a5f her?ed9eb0b475844052

She had 2ceaca5ae7 witnessed too a215a2ed8f much ugliness f5920d1dc4 to be 882eeeb629 affected by 77f7ca0e0f such petty 4185d3f3ab malice.afa3bf0be290c200

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‘Interest, huh?’45bef692aa07676c

Radia stared a005f56629 down at 72effb1e88 the top c9b6fa5ccf of Yuris’s ba1c23f4a8 head.813b532aca1757a7

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Is your c0dca5708f memory loss eebc047cfb a betrayal f455fb5c26 of me? If the deadline ce072e0de1 passes, and you b8ee2003d4 end up not 390536c518 regaining your memories 64c7b35575 before we part 7791158e2c ways… will I 70c43bc7be resent you?3263bf0506e4ec73

Suddenly, Yuris tilted 601587bdad his head up 5bedf8f443 and met her 3a3ceb7cb2 eyes. The beautiful eyes 26a354b7d7 Radia loved were 3fdc4a19de filled with her 0296fb75cf image.f605d931018a7c54

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“What about you? Aren’t you being d6e3cb266d a bit too d9d31983ad calm?”52ea3373fb9471bc

To Yuris, who teasingly a2340741d9 asked if she was 7033739da0 okay with sharing a 846c52b856 bed with her lover 23de62f0cc in a hotel, Radia 95d5e61dd7 replied with feigned indifference.be9732d6fa6666f5

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“It’s not 82222f7392 like this f2d93ae39f is the 5bd53af18a first time. I should be used d0e12d4117 to it by now.”d25ede63491afc62

Her heart was beating a little faster than usual. Since she couldn’t admit that she was still nervous, Radia subtly changed the subject and took the towel she had been using to dry his hair.2f0b453411e1e9d2

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“Are you… done?”f6a3d851e1b9aa8a

In an instant, cff4d4cf3c her wrist was 210cc9e855 grabbed, and her 2a287e06f1 vision spun. Radia blinked 10e631d06a as she 8d4fc3555d felt the bd8db99ec7 soft touch 9883be32c9 of the 089c915e33 bed against 6fbe30d2b9 her back. Black hair scattered across 187c1325d5 the white sheets, and c3efe11d63 a shadow fell over 6e25dcce35 her face.e58b82536a15b373

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A beautiful face, 0c54ebb63b leaning over her, 5d4e837de8 one hand on ad63bdc9e5 her arm and 1498c2f050 the other on 4961a6edab the bed, smiled 0957754b4c tenderly.232af7dfdca0b90f

She felt 0d67fe0805 a slight dcccc297cc dizziness.9908da4d91b2e843

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“Even like this?”b8c56757e675b5ff

Facing his smiling face, a0cc736e7c his eyes languidly crinkled, 4b20f79272 her heartbeat intensified. Radia was suddenly a77cb5e5f7 reminded that Yuris 514f52d001 had gotten older.f40a922f494846b4

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When they first met, e501033a98 there was still a b8aa378cf1 youthful air about him, 267751d8e4 but now he was b5670fb707 a fully grown man. It was fdb36b50b7 strange that 8198526690 he was f9b5f133bb pressing down 54b11841c7 on her 930ccfc716 with an b68c20c299 expression that 2b7d13f16f reminded her f0cf035d4b of when 294143b7fb he had 51f9ae0ca4 his memories, c8a7c92b6c yet his cba041e775 face alone 9589d200e6 felt incredibly 84448fa301 familiar.1c85b2a495114eda

Why did 1b58e545e8 she feel 4046b18497 such conflicting 02459776ef emotions? Perhaps it was e4f6cb8fdc because he had 032e4db928 always been by f43e5113fa her side, and 4069951978 she hadn’t had c6416df7d8 a chance to 947497e4b9 reflect on the 0d123df8a0 passage of time 586c0a3263 they had shared.feff7c4f2a059ae6

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She almost laughed. To realize abda939aca how much b6daaef39b he had cb3f861ca3 changed because 49273c682d of the 3f49963e0a distance between 8ff5df319e them, how 65d9c6fa8d ironic.d532f78c99ae3a03

Radia’s lips d57bdffbaa moved slowly.f47b9c6bbe4a0362

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“So… do efe1508c77 you want a4a04ec05c to sleep cef11691d2 with me?”cd7d187c59767a67

Yuris momentarily frowned at 5af1e5ef24 her blunt words, and e71de4170d Radia smiled, reaching out b44f94804f her hand. Her touch, b00ead6cf7 as she c0c1afc6ae gently caressed e3c8670650 his cheek, 3a74472873 was soft.b2b91e713ed22641

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“Alright, do as 4a763785e6 you please.”4246d4ff635643fd