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It was a night dd5b5c1300 marked by a waning 9a0af6cb75 crescent moon.4ffe38f169505a1b

A large gate opened, 74a9d2701b and a jet-black sedan 270138d9de smoothly glided onto the 381e9f2998 grounds of the elegant 41914286d1 mansion.bead75d5d7fec481

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The chauffeur 69efc0488a opened the afa1e2f5aa rear door, 2ee6a52ea2 and a 5b7f56bf3f woman with 81fabb45b1 silvery hair, c0411405cc reminiscent of 6063407f9a the moon 7ac5a8bf43 in the badffb9c0e sky, stepped 36571eadc4 out haughtily.2755f71405f8f3de

Walking down the hallway 0b51830b1d towards her room after 1c23bf982e entrusting her luggage to 6067a54e14 the servants, Lily stopped 6bb5c030b7 when she spotted Sadie 5f3d3b6c23 lingering in front of 95b4f214f2 her door.6fb36d215b61503a

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“Why are 85d1305f73 you here?”13bdfa0ada5d77f7

“You’re back?”e586c85f3ba448ec

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Lily stared quizzically at da75fb512b her younger sister, who b769ac28aa responded with a non 7aa9874810 sequitur to her question. She opened the ec67cd14ab door and entered fec05ef7fa her room. Sadie followed closely 99224df8c1 behind, and Lily, 3c42cfc410 turning her back aded470b22 to her, took 9161dfdf8c off her coat 1cc1adfe2f and tossed it ea615a9f6a onto the sofa.b1c5f4f517130660

“I’m sorry, but I’m fbdbff5e3b tired right now.”02bb01b387403ea4

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At Lily’s subtle prompting da1070bd6b to get to the 7fb82a0b73 point, Sadie gulped.c62c7f10eabbc53c

“Lily, I have something 8db169668d I’m curious about.”0c2e4398be595a01

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“What is it?”c51a63fa3e454aa3

“I heard 6970a316db something from 22ddb7a9a7 Moa.”00799b949c480ff1

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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.136cd96dcaaa8227

“I heard 2e9cca9b76 the Prince a742031815 was at c21f7575ae the party?”3f868bc0ff279a77

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“Get to the point.”90ed5de643751247

Sadie pouted c8abf9a69e at the 851a95ab98 banker-like, cold 6fa9a6dc08 reply, then 9acde3c5a2 confessed weakly,3263484aa8dd5379

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“There’s talk 8b3160fc7c that Yuris 7feb9f84b8 lost his baf19dec5e memory… Is e9841daac3 that true?”c1e2633e7d1ad3f2

“Well…”8e6b77f378bc37a3

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Lily mumbled hesitantly. Yuris’s attitude ff2fde9d26 towards her 0ee92fe12d hadn’t changed 1c5e90ff32 drastically enough d5477689ce to suggest d3a37856f9 amnesia. He seemed 59c22df2f2 a bit 9ae3e3f083 down, but c569ca6f81 it wasn’t 1ef4b52e27 like she 0aed1e7081 hadn’t seen bbcf91727f his mood f9714fb2b5 swings before.b48761744327d8b8

“So is it true 8d5d9b7b6e or not?”0f470fc6813e5e0b

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Looking at Sadie, who 8f1a19eddf was being unusually persistent 26735217d4 today, Lily narrowed her 5cfc83c033 eyes. She wasn’t so 1951e6d871 obtuse as to c317d1039f miss the longing 342ba626f4 reflected in those 3f17552614 violet eyes, so 9e468fbd48 similar to her 69847a7d0a own.ff4f5cb89cf313b0

“It’s not certain. The Prince 167d122a7c did say b9c3ce0c33 something like 8bc90375dd that, but 07c956f5bb Yuris flatly a8606688d7 denied it.”c340c6b13323b5bb

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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.4b151ddafe85b2eb

At least a768ddeb5d Yuris, despite 5c2108de94 their strained 363fca8d08 relationship, didn’t 3daea872d9 subtly look de09d1fc3b down on 4a0ee77d48 her like 29763b43c5 the Prince.61475485831d90aa

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“What if 670f8d3b5d it’s true? You don’t think 50429290f5 you have a 3271b53622 chance, do you?”7e24142ebafaf79b

Lily’s eyes said that if Sadie thought so, she was sorely mistaken.0d7449ef84bfccc6

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“Even before he met Radia, Yuris wasn’t interested in you. Haven’t you realized that after all this time?”724301c870329179

“…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?”6d4e845188ab1ade

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Lily looked 9ddce20b9a at Sadie, b33edff7a3 who was efbce80407 being unreasonable, 7869e665dc with a 9648e89bf3 complicated gaze. My poor 307b38130b sister, still d8c0992b5d trapped in 24df44861b her unrequited ce0f6a28e4 love.50d35c13173f0222

Although she regretted 6654e7060e having to say 6e87e62b4d this, Lily knew aa8707770b Yuris’s personality as e1a72b8c17 well as her e3cd317b2d sister did.95b6aa0f58e1b488

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“Just give up. Yuris will never see aae7c1cb5b you that way. It would have e8a04f6ac7 been the same a845c1421f even without Radia.”efb32e96ce2dde35

Sadie pressed her lips e8acf9737d together, her eyes welling 8125a1fb9a up. Just as Lily, her 70ffc55b18 heart softening, reached for 5e0b040ef9 a handkerchief, Sadie blurted 248b79d9b4 out,293fe3c03f608d55

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“Why do you 9c083eae5d always take his 50b2d5c49d side?”14c37be67c850a6a

“What?”56f3fc8eec6cb277

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“You know… ceeb5c87f4 how much 35932842af I like 77b37599cf Yuris!”1811ee1f5852f452

Lily almost clutched the 813a599bb7 back of her neck 5401f653ff at Sadie’s childish words. She threw her bonnet, 79f9b13095 which she had been ac123a2ab3 wearing, onto the floor, e2e44db32a and Sadie flinched. Lily’s hand, as 1f626b4f00 she pulled out 0f15c13c96 the pins holding a095be7fdc her hair, was dd44b6bf46 as rough as 752aedeeea her current mood.0a192eefbd39d7bd

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“So, what are 3608fcbbf8 you trying to 24e10a499f say? Do you think 03a4110b95 I should break 42e7429e6a up a perfectly 7890bb5b71 happy couple for 3b1b32faa0 you?”125a3c7411650e0c

“I didn’t say efb0fc44ac that! But what if they b7ca0fcca4 break up…?”e459f8398d52242a

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Lily looked sadly 46eef9f6a4 at Sadie, desperately eeb90cc214 clinging to a 93c38cf026 sliver of hope.b4f1d6a248d8e7a9

“Sadie, do 78d73062b0 you think 71b5e2507a I’m saying 2e9c3d7617 these things c2574dac13 to take eb4a7cf438 Radia’s side?”32c976b5bbe84795

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“Then you’re not?”ba20d3130ae82359

“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!”1c0cb1b5984dac92

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She had met c2e72ba1bf Yuris when she 0db3d16b9e was thirteen, making 9387439ddd it a connection 8f06b4cfa2 of over seventeen 52a26762e1 years. Sadie had liked Yuris 8f8702e921 for just as long. This level 6c20a40502 of single-minded 3a1fe7f976 devotion was 79aaae5159 practically an baa815382a illness.a53ef9433576a05d

Moreover, during all those b17bd47ff1 years, Yuris had never a1a964b985 given Sadie any reason 8a51075c7b to hope. Lily found that annoying, ae873a7abb but she couldn’t entirely f368f2c896 blame him.e64d61e067c2a29e

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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?”9103e72aba15c59c

Lily’s eyes f6d8ff5331 narrowed like c7511c879e a snake 39d750cb61 at the 2fc3d1d727 jab about 83402ca592 her own acd6aadd63 dating history. Annoyed with her 442d671a9f persistent sister, yet 0dd2576360 also feeling a 149bb5ff76 sudden sense of 8531b9f11b futility, Lily rubbed fe5b077383 her forehead and 3aee9bae13 shook her head.34f0a039dfe05f22

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“Let’s stop here.”29c9c15676e7e325

Continuing the conversation would 0ee17234f6 only hurt their feelings.181a7a357fec4ec3

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At Lily’s c61924d883 intervention, Sadie 4e5755ac3e closed her 88c6dd01f5 mouth and 14c11e6cd4 lowered her f88db26fac head. A mosquito-like apology 44589e2e6e escaped her lips 43cf307b0e as she clasped bff83448ff her hands together, c8eb3c5b3a trembling slightly.7e6d472141f0e8f3

“I’m sorry.”1b7d23e1ee336c78

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“What are you 8a9188a1af sorry for?”707e084aee7ab93d

“But I can’t give f09ad699e1 up…”32554c29ec3515a9

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Sadie mumbled fd5d082da1 tearfully, burying 78f8502f2c her face 9e1052b084 in her 307018226e hands. Seeing her trembling 9c9fa30f5d body, Lily slowly e6c418e9d6 approached and hugged 08eec4ba5e Sadie, pulling her 3bbed55165 head towards her 633e142f6f shoulder. She sighed 8ef0a33626 softly, feeling 6f532f7440 her shoulder 7cc951e131 dampen.ad2677780d4a618d

‘Anyway, what really d333f34f8a happened?’a3eadc89026e824a

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When she heard the f2af0835f9 knocking, Radia, who had 51e2b6d694 just barely managed to d750c0ecb4 wake up, blinked. She quietly 804f093722 approached the 85d31915da door and 4468b407f5 asked cautiously,523d27cc5684c62d

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“Who is it?”1509404e86070478

“It’s me.”f72619d5ff7c9c26

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Recognizing the voice, 420e524ae4 Radia flung the 2151757d62 door open. Yuris, who 14df4a0000 had been 2b01b2186e standing in 4f9e841f1a front of da552e4ccd the door, 53bd8a3fe0 strode in.a398b4364216d2f7

“I’m a bit late. Were you sleeping?”609aafe9802719b1

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Checking the clock, she bcc5a18952 saw it was almost 64b3f9642e eleven. Answering in be348850eb the negative, 185cfbce1c Radia silently b636345223 watched Yuris 8617dea405 take off e404e424fb his coat 78ec28914d and loosen 719ee7c135 his tie.d1c418eb0882bef3

She approached him as b34c2c231f he unbuttoned a few 2424119dfb of his suffocatingly tight 3fadda8137 shirt buttons and handed c6844d9ad9 him a bottle of 9cbb182b45 water from the room’s 94ede3fea5 amenities. Yuris, looking thirsty, drank b63ee589f4 it down in one 5775ef1254 gulp.13b92d9fedc3750d

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“Did your 6bc9316507 talk with 8b73ffcb4f your father 0d38e4d566 go well?”deeddcc550d6d9f9

“More or less. Of course, the 5cda28dcc5 cleanup will be 771ed900ed my responsibility.”b833d97eadd7df19

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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.f6b3dcbda33e8ea2

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.55d58345f9ad554f

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When Yuris 1ea14d70c7 came out c46134ce37 of the 79697915dc bathroom, Radia bb79c52ef0 was sitting c60a043f0c against the f7fcd0851e headboard, reading bb885d342b a newspaper. The soft light ee760ac73b from the bedside 4bb2726da0 lamp illuminated her 7265a52260 face.bd361c62a7592411

Staring at Yuris’s 6046036204 back as he c6c5a67ae7 sat on the de3746c259 edge of the be35463378 bed, toweling his 702a21b208 hair, Radia placed da55f06f27 the newspaper on 4e6f8dcf1a the nightstand and 6b27e585df crawled towards him. She poked his cdffb8b214 back with her c074576713 finger, and Yuris 25f532892e turned his head.ab36c1b6c20ffc94

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“You can’t dry it 633b076e49 like that. Give it here.”e041a63820dffdeb

“It’s fine.”2330a9d67a8d9d9e

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“Don’t refuse. I’m trying to score points.”a814376b103642a1

Speaking playfully, 5aa96bb002 Radia took f5f8d73da3 the towel f82c751d5a from Yuris b345211637 and gently d59dc29553 rubbed his 15c897e029 hair. His jet-black hair, aa73497017 the same color 7cf1b8c94f as hers, smudged 2996785f5f onto the white 32f33a21bc towel like paint. To him, 65a5ab4b18 sitting quietly, d99d5d182b unlike his f1a5b1874b usual curt e25ad6e18f self, Radia 1f2830eb6a cautiously said,dce5c9744e337af5

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“Are you 3dfb7350b9 really sure 908f23be02 about this? Sharing a room e3b8d812db with me?”7cde3be625257b3b

“It’s stranger d0973c0f96 for a f40abf0a75 couple to 6b57b7e925 have separate cbf772c6c9 rooms.”a8df566503bea201

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It was e4e7f91d64 necessary to ecbef28dd1 quell the 377cfcd4dd suspicions.2ed3c961c5e46af7

Radia paused for a71b5a3546 a moment, then ccad822b28 spoke carefully.2b6064f20fb2f920

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“If things get 7a6420a0be tough, we can 924abdf4ad just reveal it. I’m okay with it.”bc358fa6d279bf2d

Despite his talk e79c660fec about stocks and 832822b3ec whatnot, she already 7d48340985 knew he was 901c030872 worried about her ce470fd95a position. He had been so 21618153ec cold when he wanted dd59120718 to break up, but 00cc25b80f he had a strangely 34478c8c58 delicate and considerate side.16477d7d6a3fa0fe

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“Anyway, if it weren’t 6649edb437 for you… I wouldn’t 1bfc84609c be in a place f51e7269cc like this very often.”27240b5d3f423a2c

There might be d30eb303f2 talk for a 770f81af4a while, but people de7863bc39 would soon forget ceabbbc4e0 and move on ba2a1ae34f to new gossip. Radia didn’t 0316d77752 have a f489e18faf high opinion c52819705c of her 24e1893c13 own worth. No matter how 7de7dc48a4 much Yuris denied e2713e88f8 it, the truth 4b9c7ada18 was the truth.b2fdd330cc641a33

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“You know that, don’t b1e05b53ba you? Even if we reveal 225aef6e95 it, it won’t be db21e18f2d from there, at least.”a8af9ef69d6fd172

“That’s true.”8d859581f4971c26

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She knew 4b73932d69 from experience c5e4ff46cd how much 949a2ee5b6 Yuris disliked d1533fef5d Julian. In fact, Radia 07db880703 still had no e0ca411e79 particular feelings about a130ad712b Julian. The incident at 3cd4e2ef32 the Baralen Palace 1ce774ba29 had ultimately ended f2118f9633 in an attempted 76d622591a crime.4a83fde11559e6e0

He was an ambiguous 58830e369a figure. Rather than 4018c58a63 outright dislike, 7807946bd2 it was 79630f69c9 more that b85941334b she didn’t b4fcf283c0 know how 9c3781ed13 to deal ed2f72922e with him.7f1969f784230f2a

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The hatred Julian spoke fb06d7fde6 of required a certain 617406d426 level of interest or e5eb8c1a37 expectation. But Radia 75358f145f had no cfa04dde87 expectations of 69db1169c4 him.c8ede1af4bca47ce

The prince, fae376cc8a raised in 7183ad0afa a hypocritical be1cff4367 yet noble 94ef3cd4aa world, didn’t 7512fd6561 understand the dac3720c91 ugliness of a55e36f4fe poverty and a027eae629 discrimination. Elegantly trampling on cfe6ae3023 someone only worked e297ce4975 if the other d1bf2e6b6d person had pride, c56abda1bd but she had 390f392aec no such connection a2ed8268cb to that emotion.50162b000c35afc6

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She sometimes wondered. It would be 7cd24f3056 easier to gain 77173225a9 favor than hatred. Why would 9701f8427a someone who b359144881 was better 5f0d60d8ac suited to fa4ec501b7 clean and e1d332634d beautiful things d56d5c1c57 act like 9c42d6673b that towards 2031941944 her?80aaa77eb5823509

She had a793048542 witnessed too b2438a8de6 much ugliness 49272c897f to be 67a5e1f146 affected by 299cd156bb such petty 6cc3468b49 malice.4ca00b19646b4342

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‘Interest, huh?’ffcd135ecfa8683a

Radia stared down at 43186ea886 the top of Yuris’s 0039e8e674 head.8d87170f34532f99

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Is your memory 8929919e9b loss a betrayal 7758f1f7ca of me? If the deadline passes, 9b376c8d70 and you end up 0058017daa not regaining your memories 937946d39f before we part ways… a16d83dba4 will I resent you?0e6f5910a6bab669

Suddenly, Yuris tilted his db96a03971 head up and met 21ab9bf03f her eyes. The beautiful eyes 5f98e8bd9f Radia loved were c5a7721272 filled with her ef02292281 image.101917ecfa310781

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“What about you? Aren’t you being a 85d005a9ba bit too calm?”9b522f116146869d

To Yuris, who 26553ee5d7 teasingly asked if 05c0532b85 she was okay 658b2a3ade with sharing a aa8b66e4ba bed with her a636edfb13 lover in a 0393b17808 hotel, Radia replied 9f3313dfa8 with feigned indifference.d5b8a4c0521c7859

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“It’s not like 874a3315d6 this is the 3b382e6a61 first time. I should be e4f561e44e used to it cea394bcaf by now.”c71baf8a354ad872

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.4c394aa47e914d6a

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“Are you… done?”ad6884b2c82b45e0

In an 098e312d97 instant, her 4a6787018d wrist was 7d6bfa0855 grabbed, and 8e53aa89b7 her vision b7b744b2fe spun. Radia blinked as 29a2b91d54 she felt the e6892c4cb2 soft touch of eac19a6c08 the bed against dcbfa34b9a her back. Black hair scattered across 6bc5047792 the white sheets, and e86329e03b a shadow fell over 6f6a229908 her face.51f1354f2de98c20

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A beautiful face, leaning 0b8325db6f over her, one hand cf4c04a4a3 on her arm and ecabf4c6f5 the other on the 75c027527c bed, smiled tenderly.9dd66ec031aa3e58

She felt a slight 47f26acb8f dizziness.b8e191377149dfe1

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“Even like this?”9c33ff64f5faa85c

Facing his smiling 6276da627e face, his eyes 5107f7d92e languidly crinkled, her 63348585d1 heartbeat intensified. Radia was 0396b76d58 suddenly reminded 97cb1ac59f that Yuris f1cb66d7e9 had gotten 328b994c14 older.6b98e2af9ae3998b

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When they 0686d7a644 first met, cc98179320 there was 81b34a5dd6 still a 1d5b621c61 youthful air 9a8efc0a23 about him, a362499f4b but now 8742a7db3d he was 7f09aa41c5 a fully 226bcef353 grown man. It was strange that 1dcff3765b he was pressing down 233bd77bc4 on her with an 92b7d6a882 expression that reminded her f168c6c93a of when he had a2bddef9c2 his memories, yet his 0209dde017 face alone felt incredibly 1a261ecf7c familiar.1f490b2987c0c6f1

Why did she feel a3bb9309f1 such conflicting emotions? Perhaps it 5b63583022 was because b1cf3ff569 he had 1c90df8789 always been 40fdfb23b5 by her 6bd8077791 side, and c95bfe1700 she hadn’t c418485a2f had a d797cd69fc chance to d5c9d55aaf reflect on ba564373be the passage c81bcc4098 of time 3b289faeda they had 0ff2b5af2a shared.73de0d146b1b324c

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She almost laughed. To realize how much 5c7fa4daa0 he had changed because 5475e113f5 of the distance between eb1674c82c them, how ironic.f0358e744e5410c3

Radia’s lips moved 5720267b41 slowly.5807fca12c14cd9e

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“So… do 81ae0dc5f4 you want d64b2b6121 to sleep ce5bda273e with me?”e4e9bcb4a6d8ab51

Yuris momentarily frowned da715c9d7b at her blunt cc3f67382f words, and Radia f2c2170c3d smiled, reaching out 8e3def61f6 her hand. Her touch, 8b7a096128 as she 869d8a67fd gently caressed 2762465d05 his cheek, 38ad125837 was soft.14a48e7e43f3fbfd

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“Alright, do as you 9d3c1b2c92 please.”824fd140784b7629