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If You Want Me to Walk Away, I will Take Steps Back
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Gryphon froze at her action, enough for him to keep mum. He just pulled back a little before moving his arms to wrap her around her. There was a certain strength to it, but he was so scared that he might even break whatever was left intact inside Andrea.
He was not an affectionate person; he didn’t know that he shouldn’t have held her a little bit tighter.
They ended up returning to their room together. Even if they spared a few minutes to change into their sleepwear, there were no more words exchanged between the two of them. As they lay on their bed, they just kept their backs on each other.
Gryphon—no matter how much he valued this free time—couldn’t sleep anymore. As for Andrea, that was all she could do for the night.
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