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2025-01-14 05:06:46Katy's Point of View.
Everyone was seated at the dining table and even though tomorrow was going to be hard on us because there would be tons of things to clean up, the cake we had in front of us was a very wild comfort.
I leaned close to Adelaide who was sitting beside me, "Is it crazy or too forward of me to ask you for the ingredient of this?"
She laughed, shaking her head. "Of course, not. I learned it from someone else right? Why can't someone else learn from me?"
"Thanks." I smiled back. Then Carson cleared his throat and the conversation held still. He was the boss after all. I had insisted we sit far from each other. It wouldn't be so good of an idea to have him sitting close to me. I didn't want Jackson getting an idea and I'm sure he felt the
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