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CHAPTER 89: AN UNLIKELY TRUCE
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Samuel chuckled when Kali brushed her fingertip ever so gently along the bottom of his ear.
"You know that tickles."
"I find it odd. Such an odd place to be sensitive in."
"Kali, a lot of people are sensitive behind their ears."
She did it again, raising goosebumps on his skin. He shivered, his breath shaking as he shrunk away. "Stop, or I would throw you off me."
She laughed. "Fine. Such a baby."
Giovanna had left earlier with her friends, and Kali dragged him to the pool for them to enjoy some time in the open. She lay between his legs, muttering on about her sister's schooling and inviting her aunt to spend Christmas with them since she didn't think they'd travel home.
Samuel listened absently, half his mind on the conversation and the other half on the conversation in their room.
He hoped Flora and Kali would never cross paths, but even if they did, he didn't want them to fight. Flora was determined. Despite his bes
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