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Author: Acedomvile
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-06 18:24:21

~YVONNE POV~

The food arrived forty minutes later, and we ate sitting on his couch with takeout containers spread across the coffee table, and it was so normal and domestic that it made my chest ache.

"This is good," I said around a mouthful of pad thai. "Really good."

"Better than Chinese?"

"So much better." I stole one of his spring rolls. "Holly doesn't know what she's missing."

"Can we not talk about Holly while I'm eating?"

"Fair point." I took another bite, then looked at him. "Can I ask
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