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Chapter 133

Author: Jess Dawson
last update publish date: 2026-01-08 05:38:38

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Jasmine’s long chestnut hair is spilling from her half-finished updo, dark strands sticking to the damp skin of her neck. The dress she spent an hour choosing is a puddle of silk on the floor. I am the reason for both.

I couldn’t help myself. Seeing her like that, nearly ready, had been a special kind of torture. The elegant lines of the dress had hinted at the body beneath, and the focused, determined set of her mouth as she fixed an earring had made me want to ruin that com
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