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XXV. An Ambition to Break
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2022-01-28 11:12:15“Let’s get married.”
“What?”
Cai squeezed himself in the slightly open door and slouched on the sofa.
“I wanted to accept your proposal, since it is what you needed the most now.”
Cassey gave him a glass of water and slouched on the couch beside him.
“You were so scared of that idea that you even ran away last time. That makes me wonder, who convinced you?”
Cai, who was staring at her eyes, shifted his gaze in an instant.
“Not telling me?”
“Yeah. Not telling.”
“Pfft. Even if you don’t say a thing, I know it is Markus. I wonder what he told you this time.”
He took a sip from the water goblet, as if he was drinking the finest wine. This made Cassey swallow an enormous amount of air into her esophagus.
“Butterflies...”
“Excuse me?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?&r
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