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Chapter 167

Author: OscarAzalea
last update publish date: 2026-03-30 16:27:29

Maya laughed softly. "The mouth-to-mouth at the lake. When you pulled her out of the water."

This was absurd. Maxwell couldn't believe they were calling that a kiss. It was a medical procedure. You didn't call chest compressions a massage.

"That wasn't a kiss," Maxwell said, his face deadpan. "That was CPR. I was trying to keep her breathing."

"I know that, and you know that," Maya said, looking highly amused. "But Hazel is weird. She’s never been kissed before. So waking up and learning that a
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