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Chapter 30: Being Close to Someone Special
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2022-02-24 01:36:21Noah's POV
I woke up at 5 : 45 and saw her still sleeping. I went out and brought some coffee for her. The hotel's restaurant was already open.
I came to the room and she already got up now. I gave her the coffee."You know what Noah, I want to smash you right now" she said. I was dumbstruck. What?"What?" I asked her."I really want to kill you for not letting me sleep and I just got up because your phone kept on ringing!""What? Ohh sorry.. It was my alarm..""Hm" she said.Wow. She really can't feel and still wants to smack me. And she said that so easily."So what do you want to do today?" I asked to her."Anything" She said."Ok...then.. Lets rest today" I said."Ok" She said.She was laying on the bed. I think she must have completed an entire novel because she has been reading it from hours. She just stopped when the breakfast cam
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