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XXXIX
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K. XL
"Morning, baby." K whispered on his cheek, kissing Jesse awake. Her mouth was cool and smelled citrusy from drinking orange juice. She grazed her lips all around his face, sending a buzzing tingle on the nerves of his warm skin.Jesse groaned and stirred awake, pulling K to him so that she's locked and helpless in his arms. He breathed her in and smiled through his sleepiness. K smelled like vanilla, pancake batter, maple syrup, and orang
K. XLI
She could literally hear a loud ringing in her ear.It reminded her of the first time she fell off from Lacey, her American Quarter horse. She badly wanted to do short strides, testing out Lacey to jump off the makeshift horse fence. She was just six years old then. Her kind and gorgeous beast was too scared to make the jump, though. She was galloping way too fast, and came to an abrupt halt before even making it to the fence - whic
K. XLII
"Are you kids having fun?" Joel asked Jesse and his friends, his mouth curved into a huge, welcoming smile. He was holding a half-filled glass of whiskey, and was so impeccably dressed. He walked towards them as the piano soloist in the drawing room played Frédéric Chopin'sNocturne No.8 in D Flat. It made his entrance really cool, sheathing his presence in a nonpareil and paragon atmosphere.
K. XLIII
"Sit down," Joel asked his son and gestured to be seated on the black, leather visitor chair in his office. He walked to the table beside the window and poured bourbon from the two fresh glasses hegrabbed from his office cabinet."I'm not sitting down," Jesse was quick to respond, closing the door behind him. "What is it that you want to talk about?" He was turning apprehensive and want to make the conversation quick. He didn't want
K. XLIV
"Master Jesse, the banquet's about to get started," Oliver met him on the other side of the door as soon as he stepped out of his dad's office. "I was just about to call you and Master Joel.""Oliver, have you seen K?" He asked frantically, his eyes darting left and right all around the crowded room.
K. XLV
It has been a solid five seconds, and K haven't responded to Jesse'squestion.Her lips were trembling, her thoughts incoherent as her mind was fully submerged into a ringing, white noise. She was catatonic, shocked and stunned to her core.
K. XLVI
"Are you sure?" He asked K.Jesse was pretty dubious himself that he wanted to have another party. So far, every social gathering he and K went together ended up being overly dramatic anddisastrous.
K. XLVII
"Turn left on Ward," K instructed Jesse as he drove east of Belfast Avenue. She squinted her eyes and ducked her head a little, checking for the small junction up on the road ahead.She haven't been home for a little more than a year now, and in that such short time so much has already changed. There are more houses and establishments along Belfast, so it was a little hard trying to remember and figure out where the next street was.
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