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20. First Confession
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2025-01-04 09:01:42“I-I remember!” Sophia quickly said, pulling her body away. There was a gleam of amusement in the man’s eyes that annoyed Sophia. “Daniel Mateo. You’re not a paparazzi, so what do you want from me?”
“Do I need to want something first before I can get close to you?” Daniel replied, raising an eyebrow.
Sophia stared at him in confusion and bluntly said, “It feels strange if it’s not like that.”
Daniel blinked, staring at Sophia for a long time, perhaps mesmerized by the beauty of the woman beside him, or maybe by her cold and blunt attitude that surprised him. “You remind me of someone,” he said.
Sophia smirked. “Who? Your late lover?”
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