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Chapter 14 - Ofelia

Penulis: Bryant
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Sleep wasn’t happening.

I’d been lying here for the better part of an hour, staring at the water-stained ceiling of this glorified shoebox, running through every breathing exercise I’d ever learned in a textbook and still, no luck. My pulse was too wired. My thoughts wouldn’t shut up.

Mostly, it was because of him.

Across the room, in the other bed, Zach lay sprawled out on his back, one arm crooked behind his head, his chest rising and falling in steady rhythm. His stupid, infuriatingly solid chest. Which, unfortunately, I’d caught a glimpse of earlier… dripping wet… courtesy of my own mortifying timing.

I groaned under my breath and rolled to my side, glaring at the clock glowing from the bedside table—12:47 a.m.

Brilliant.

At least the room was quiet now. The kittens were asleep in their box, Spitfire curled around them like a furry, calico barrier to the world. Her tail twitched every so often as if she were standing guard even in sleep.

Meanwhile, I was battling the swirlin
Bryant

Make up your mind, Spitfire. Are you trying to get them together or not? Cause interrupting what could've been their first kiss doesn't sound helpful. Fickle feline.

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Wolfie-girl
Lol. Yes. No kissing around my babies ...
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Bryant
maybe a room that doesn't have her and her six newborns?
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Marcia Chambers
Is that the equivalent of the cat saying, "Get a room?" They already have one.
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