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The Almost Kiss

Penulis: Orinabhankz
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-01-03 01:14:55

ARYA’S POV

I stood frozen in the kitchen, my hand pressed against my burning cheek where his thumb had just been moments ago.

My heart was thudding so violently I could feel it in my throat and my fingertips.

I'd almost kissed Giovanni De Santis.

No… worse than that. I'd wanted to kiss him.

"It's the pasta," I muttered to myself, pacing in small circles around the kitchen island. "You're just hungry. Low blood sugar makes people do stupid irrational things."

But even as I said it, I knew it
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