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2024-10-29 19:42:56Later that day,
When Robin got back home from the hotel he was still dumbfounded about what happened back there with him.
Lucy was at that time mad at him as she had snuck out of her room when he left. Lucy was eating her dinner then.
She was waiting for a while for him but as he didn't come so she ate up everything by herself.
She was about to go out of her seat. But then she saw Robin coming from the door with flushed cheeks.
She had the plates in her hand she could not understand why he was looking like that.
She was about to speak up but she restrained herself to do that. He ignored her and went to sit on the couch.
Then he received a notification it was a message from Noir. His hands were shaking to see that. '' Why's he acting like a little girl who has been proposed? Is this his new habit or something? What do I care abou
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