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A few days passed, and it was finally time for Aqua to meet her home tutor officially. Dawn would leave after introducing Jericho to Aqua and laying down the ground rules.
The doorbell rang, and Aqua offered to get it. She practised checking the security camera as Dawn had taught her before pressing a button to release the lock for Jericho to enter the lift lobby. What she didn’t know was how Jericho already had fingerprint access to everything in Dawn’s penthouse. The two men agreed to act like regular friends to prevent arousing suspicion, although it was part of Dawn’s plan to teach his naive mermaid about stranger danger.“Good afternoon!” Aqua gushed as she opened the door for Jericho, who had just stepped out of the lift. “We were waiting for you, teacher!”It was weird getting called a teacher. Jericho laughed awkwardly. He felt slightly out of place without the makeup and fashionable clothes he normally wore at the barRelated chapters
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