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Chapter 48

Author: Amy
last update publish date: 2026-02-10 18:43:13

Jason

I turned the kiss over in my mind the way one worries a loose tooth probing it again and again, half hoping it will settle, half expecting it to ache.

At first, I told myself it was simple. Two people at the edge of something ending, reaching instinctively for warmth. That explanation is neat, survivable.

But it doesn’t hold. The memory refuses to stay flat; it keeps catching the light at odd angles, revealing details I didn’t notice before, the pause just before our lips met, the way
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