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Chapter 49
MAGNOLIA WATCHED THE WOMAN who was sitting across the table from her with curious eyes. She was truly beautiful, her hair was black, long, and straight all the way to the bottom where small curls formed. Her skin was smooth and slightly sun-kissed, and her eyes were as dark as a moonless winter night.
“I don’t recall that.” Daniel shook his head.
“Oh, I do,” Laya shot back. “You almost passed out and I had to carry you back to camp.”
“I will never admit to it, Laya.” He raised his eyebrows with a shrug.
“I know you will not, it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.”
They both look at each other for a moment before they burst out into laughter.
Magnolia cut another piece of her mutton while trying to keep her emotions from reaching her face.
She knew she was jealous.
Her mind understood that it was silly, that they were only friends, comrades from the war. But she could not control her feelings. They seemed to have
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