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Chapter 61 : His background
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ivanna
The morning starts with a warm touch on my lips. Even though it has been a morning routine, I'm still obsessed with this kind of beginning. I feel him stretching the kiss. It's always short in the morning.
My eyelids part at him, just an inch apart with a handsome smile lingering on his face. It's enough to make me smile back. I slide my hand up to his neck and pull him into another deep kiss.
I can recall the days I spent in Texas before. Mornings happened to be much different than this one— living alone, workout session, quick breakfast, leaving for college and working straight for six hours to pay my bills!
It's not like my life wasn't better. It was. But I can feel what I lacked. Maybe
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