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Chapter 37: A Minty Kiss

Penulis: Barbie
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-17 14:10:49

In the urgency of the moment, the formality dissolved completely.

Vivian pressed her palm to his forehead.

Pulled it back immediately.

Burning. Not warm, burning. The kind of heat that meant the body was fighting something hard and losing ground.

"You have a fever?" She stared at him. "You were completely fine ten minutes ago. How does someone spike a fever like this in the middle of a shower? That's not"

She stopped reasoning about it. Reasoning could happen later.

"Get up." She got an arm und
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