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Seventeen: Gale's Temptations

Author: Kate Granada
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Two months ago

Gregory POV 

It's been a tough day for me to grab even one dinner order from the food court. Kent's fury eyes still haunting me. I was still trembling to remember that day. It's not my choice to accept Eloisa's offer but it was a last-minute favor and I can't just ignore her when she called me that she was at Tagaytay and she rented a cabin for us. I know it's wrong and forbidden but how can I resist her if she was the one who teases me. 

"Are you coming?", her voice was alluring that I cannot wait for another day. 

I heard that today was Lucy's first day to be free as an inmate so I decided to wait for her at the front gate of her or is in-house but I was shocked when she ran away from me. I just want to tell her what made me hesitate to visit her for five years. I have my reasons and problems too. I just want to protect her from Eloisa but she's stubborn to see me. 

" Yeah, I'm on my

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