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Chapter 20: The First Hello

Penulis: Mila Cruz
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-16 05:37:18

Scarlett's POV

Aiden changed his shirt twice before eleven thirty.

I stood in the doorway watching him hold up two options, a blue and grey one, weighing both of them. Valeria was already dressed, sitting on the bed, watching him with the patience of a person who had been doing this for nine years.

"The blue one," she said.

"You always say that." He groaned.

"Because you always look better in blue." She said.

He put on the blue one and did something to his hair with his palm that didn't seem t
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