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Chapter Fifty Four
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Two thousand years!
Two thousand years, and not one damned maiden has given me the rollercoaster of emotions the green-eyed imp seemed to have stowed up in her back pocket, throwing it at me like freaking bowling balls every chance she got.
“Your highness! E-excuse me,Your Highness! If-if
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