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2024-10-29 19:42:56Walking inside Robin saw the waiters carrying plates. He was thinking where's Chris just as he was about to dial his number someone tapped him on the shoulder. '' Hii,'' said a girl hugging him tightly. '' I missed you.''
Robin was not able to understand who this girl is. The way she looked she could be around twenty around his age. With golden blond hair with green marble eyes. Her waist was slim which made her the perfect thing to hold onto.
'' Wait, who are you? Why are you holding onto me?'' he asked waving his hands in the air out of embarrassment. Then he heard loud laughter coming from the other side. It was a man of the same age as his father with a blue suit and handsome features.
' You are so amusing I have to say, dear Robin,'' said the man approaching him. Chris was coming behind him. ''What's the meaning of this Chris? Who's she? Who's he?'' Robin asked scratching the back of his head.
'' Don't you remember me? We were
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