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Chapter 55 : A night at the cottage - I
Ivanna
Just when I feel like everything around me is going to be dark, he pulls me against himself, locking me into his arms. Everything happened so quickly that it takes me a few seconds to feel the terror inside me.
My body ripples against him as I gawk at him with my pounding heart, stunned and drained.
"Hey, I had already held you," he chuckles.
I can't utter a single word. The moment which took only five seconds to occur is roaming inside my head. My heart throbs faster, catching my breath.
"Why did you—," terror fills inside me as I can't understand why he had to do that stupid prank with me. I sense my voice breaking. 
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