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2021-12-03 12:45:00"No!"I yelled fustrated as I slammed the door to the refrigerator.
My food supply was done, finished. There was nothing left. I groaned. I was hungry,very hungry and yet there was no food.
The door burst open.
"What's wrong?"Etienné asked with a pan in his hands,his shoulders raised in awareness.
I gulped. He was shirtless. Like shirtless, nothing covering his beautiful chest. My mouth went dry. I bit my bottom lip resisting the urge to lick them. He was hot would be an understatement. He was fire himself.
"Are you going to drool or tell me what's wrong?"he asked.
I recovered from gawking.
"Nothing"I replied confused.
His shoulders dropped. He walked to the kitchen.
"You yelled? didn't you?"he asked.
"Yes I did. Did you expect to find a theif or a serial killer in my apartment?"
"Yes"he said with a shy smile.
I laughed.
"You were expecting to be my knight in shining armor" I giggl
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