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Affair part 2

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Lucy returned home and Henry went on his way.

Robin was lost in his world while cleaning the living room. Lucy came and saw him cleaning.

She came up from behind him and greeted him. “Hello.”

She saw that the door was open, so she didn’t ring the bell before stepping inside.

But he didn’t answer back to her greeting.

She became puzzled so she came forward and called again, “Hey.”

He was cleaning by himself ignoring her words.

“Can’t he hear me?”.

She placed her hand on his shoulders and called, “Are you alright? Why can’t you hear me?”.

He snapped back to reality after hearing her words. He turns behind him to see her standing.

His eyes widened.

“Hey, when did you come?” he gasped putting down the vacuum machine.

“Right now!”.

“I called you several times but you weren’t listening at all.”

“What were you thinking?”.

“Ah…..”.

“N-nothing,” he scratched his cheeks a little.

“I was thinking nothing. You just returned. I’ll bring you something to drink.”

He hurriedly left towards the kitche
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