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“Where did you meet that girl?”
“What are you doing!” The woman's shrill voice quivered with shock.
Murray’s momentary panic, sparked by the sudden lighting of the room, quickly faded, replaced by his usual composure.
He calmly rose from Emily, his upper body bare. First, he reached for his trousers, slipping into them nonchalantly as he drawled, “Mom? Still playing the surprise inspection game?”
Was the screamer Murray’s mom?
Emily suddenly felt a wave of embarrassment, akin to a young girl caught in an early romance, brought home by a boy for mischief, and nabbed by the parents.
For the first time, she felt exposed.
Head bowed, she wished she could vanish into the couch.
Unfazed and bare-chested, Murray sat beside her, casually picking up his suit jacket from the floor and draping it over Emily.
Emily, unlike him, couldn't be so shameless. She glanced at the tattered T-shirts and underwear strewn across the carpet, mental
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