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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Gotcha!

The brightness of the morning burns my eyes as I struggle to open my heavy lids; I anticipate waking alone, so the warmth beside me is startling.

"Were...were you watching me?"

The smile on his face is sinfully wicked, yet it induces nothing but worries in me.

“I will not go another round; I feel sorer than when Gamma Brielle makes me work out!”

“Fine, I can wait.”

A frown knits my brows at his response.

‘I can wait?’

Why would he say that? Is it not better if we avoid discussion of our sins and hope our silence buries them?

Is it not better if we behave like animals at night and regain our dignity during the day?

Our mess requires no planning; what we are should never be scheduled.

So why would he utter the word ‘wait’ to me?

Without a word in response to his ‘wait’, I slide from the bed; even though my knees wobble at my feet’s contact with the ground, I manage to stand and tiptoe around the mess we made last night in search of clothes.

“I think we should talk, Alba. Define this a l
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