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165. Promise Me
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ CASIMIR ~
Jesse sighed and rolled her eyes. “Sure, sure. Sounds like an excellent plan,” she muttered. But I didn’t have to reply because she had already leaned into me and up on her toes to kiss me one more time, quick and hard. She’d meant to pull away swiftly, but I held her there in the kiss for a long moment until she sagged in my arms, then groaned—though not because of me.
“I have to go, Cazz,” she sighed, tipping her head down to my chest. I stroked her hair.
“I’m not stopping you,” I grinned down at her, because it was gratifying to know she was as reluctant to leave me as I was to have her go.
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