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Chapter 7: Threads of Intimacy
Vince noticed how cold she was after doing it once, and decided to take her back to her bedroom. Both of them felt cold from the night breeze, yet their skins burned as they came into contact.
Serenity’s fingers gently ran across Vince’s now-shoulder-length hair, smiling as he hovered over her. She doesn’t understand how she can yearn for someone so hard that her heart seems to beat in an irregular way, almost similar to a bonfire that crackles at a beat that’s far too unique.
She aches for him. And so does he ache for her.
Every single time. It still never ceases to make them both feel like it’s a first. As if after being pulled back once again, everything reverts back to the very start.
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Shackled By Her Embrace Prologue
“Damn, Seri! You’re on fire tonight!”“Goddamn right I am!”Serenity Lopez, daughter of notorious business tycoon Sephiro Lopez and the one and only heiress of the Lopez wealth. A woman who has made a name for herself, refusing to only be referred to as a wealthy man’s daughter, is well-known for being a master of handling her very own chain of business alongside her father and not behind him.However…The princess of the Lopez clan that’s also known to be prim and proper, has a pure heart, and is innocent…turned out to be an animal at the dancefloor. She held a glass of alcohol and sang along with the people in the same space that she's in.“Body shots! Body shots!” the crowd chanted as they ushered a good-looking bachelor Serenity’s well-acquainted with towards her.Serenity, being the daring woman that she is, flashed a sultry smile. “Hell, I’m not refusing.”The crowd instantly went wild as she approached him, holding a glass and a slice of lemon in her hands. The man, Hiro Vergar
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