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Choose your Punishment

Penulis: Maya Adams
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-07-19 23:08:36

Anastasia POV

I woke up to the feeling of something warm and heavy wrapped around me. For a moment, I was disoriented, my mind still fuzzy with sleep. Then I felt the arm draped across my waist, the steady rhythm of breath against my neck, and the familiar scent of his cologne.

Nikolai.

I turned my head slowly, careful not to wake him, and found myself staring at his sleeping face. He looked different like this, he looked softer, younger, almost vulnerable. His dark lashes rested against his ch
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