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Chapter 59

作者: Jess Dawson
last update 最終更新日: 2025-06-08 06:21:22

Zahra's POV

After a blissful shower, I manage to apply the ointment to my back myself, trying hard not to gag when my fingers brush over the ridges of the scars. Ugh. I avoid the mirror like it might bite me. Who needs to see that mess twice in one day?

As I’m dressing, the delicious scent of roast chicken wafts up from the kitchen, and my stomach growls like I haven’t eaten in a week. In my head, Zanthe has a comically huge dribble of slobber dangling from the corner of her mouth. I smirk at her. Classy.

When I walk into the kitchen, all four boys turn to look at me, flashing their oh-so-charming smiles. Seriously, do they practice that or something? They’re in the middle of finishing up laying the table for lunch, but when I make a move toward the cupboards to grab a jug for some water, Xander steps in, grabbing me by the shoulders and gently steering me into a chair.

"Sit," he says, his voice firm but not unkind.

Eliot is already filling the jug with water like the perfect housewif
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