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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Why do I become this stupid?" Max pull his hair in frustration. It is started because of that pudding.
To be honest, Max wasn't angry to Cecilia. He's just getting annoyed about a man that can make his Chili smile shyly like a lovesick girl. Something he was unable to do.
He was angry to himself because let his feeling enraged and lost of it control. Turned everything into such a mess.
Instead of face it, he threw it to that innocent girl. For all day, he tries to found a way to apologize about his rude behavior.
Then, when he watched Cecilia cooking in a wide smile, something boiling under his skin. A bad thought crossing his mind and made his insecurity rate getting higher.
"Those bastard who can taste it. I swear, I will…,"
But it stopped when he can hear her voice clearly. When he knows that this pudding is specialized made for him, Max's surprised. He i
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