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37. Unexpected Guest
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2025-01-22 09:00:55Albert unconsciously imagined the woman in front of him as Sophia. Wearing a short towel wrapped around her chest, revealing those tempting, soft curves to the eyes of a man who would look at her with hunger.
But Albert knew that the Sophia he knew would never do this. That night, when he saw Sophia crying as she tried to cover herself from his gaze, Albert had felt utterly devastated. The pain so evident in her eyes… it had made Albert furious. Furious at whoever had caused Sophia to become like that.
But wasn’t he the prime suspect?
Albert was so lost in his thoughts of Sophia that he almost forgot about the woman in front of him. She had now removed the towel wrapped around her body, leaving herself completely bare as she sank to her knees before him.
Alb
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