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2024-10-29 19:42:56Advica's POV
"Take your clothes off." He ordered me the moment he put me on the bed.
"No!!" I whisper yelled as I eyed the door. I knew for a fact that all the rooms here, as is the case back home, are soundproof. Still, I didn't want any misunderstanding to happen here.
"I have to see!" He clenched and unclenched his fists, a telltale of his dark mood. He acted cool and composed in front of those wolves, but it was a façade. He was furious, at himself essentially.
"Leo, it's nothing. I promise." I tried to soothe him, only to wince in pain when hit my foot on the bed's wooden sides. His face contorted in a mixture of agony and anger.
"Nothing!! Did you see yoursel
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