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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Success?"
"Finally." Enzo grinned lopsidedly and took off his black shirt. "A nice, solid dump." He flung the shirt over his shoulder, then sat next to me on the poolside recliner as the sun hurt my eyes. Like the weather, his brand new L-shaped pool looked too beautiful to ignore.
"It was the okra, alugbati, and chia seeds." I smiled at him, quite proud of my culinary skills.
"Yeah."
"I'll make you chicken adobo later."
"With eggs?" Enzo smiled wider. "Thanks for cooking again." He touched my chin and pressed a noisy kiss on my cheek. His hands smelled of apple-scented sanitizer.
"Mommy's asking if you just got back from Florence."
He scratched his forehead, his warm thigh touching mine on the recliner. "They'
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