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Author: L.Oyizah
last update publish date: 2026-05-04 23:59:30

Serena

I woke up slowly.

Not the sharp, sudden kind of waking that came with bad dreams or an early alarm.

This was the soft kind — the kind where consciousness arrives gently, like light coming in under a door. Gradual and warm.

Ethan's arm was around me.

His chest rose and fell against my back in the steady rhythm of someone still half-asleep, his breath warm against the back of my neck. His hand was open against my stomach — not holding, just resting. Like even in sleep he wanted to know I
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was she on bed rest now she going office killer. now he want company sense Serena has brought back to life. end his storyline.
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