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“I love you.”
Elora stared at the screen in front of her. Earphones were in her ears, and a bowl of salad was in Elora’s lap. She had just stopped shoveling salad into her mouth when the words sounded and her conversation with Javier replayed in her head. Elora glanced across at Caspian, who was busy chatting with the flight attendant. Elora didn’t really hear their conversation. She only caught words like ‘coffee’, ‘smoking’, and ‘my lover’. It seemed they were talking about Elora.
Elora went back to watching the romantic movie that was showing on the big screen in front of her. Not long after, someone removed the earphone from one of Elora’s ears, then Caspian’s face appeared in front of her, blocking Elora’s view from the screen. Caspian smiled. The kind of smile that could make Elora hold her breath and her heart skip a beat.
“You look so serious,” said Caspian, and he
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