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Chapter Forty-Seven: Mind vs. heart
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Serenity leaned against the doorframe of the kitchen watching as Xander bustled around the kitchen preparing dinner for them and she couldn’t help but think; the tiny apartment she’d bought with a year’s worth of savings from her first job never felt so much like home.
“Hey, you.” Xander threw her a wide smile before quickly returning his attention to the sizzling pan in the stove, “How was your shower?” The tiny booty shorts she wore just barely peeked below the oversized T-shirt she wore, but Xander’s favourite thing was the slightly damp curls that fell down her back in a way that made them so effortlessly beautiful.
“Refreshing. What are you cooking?” She wondered, padding closer to him and stood on her tippy toes to glance over his shoulder, but even that wa
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