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Chapter 0062

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He once again doesn’t expect this question, and his smile turns into skepticism, his eyebrow raising as he watches me.

“I thought I was the one asking the questions?” Derek’s voice is slightly playful now.

I shrug, gripping tighter to the blanket around me. “Humor me.”

He return
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