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51- Kiss & Strategy
Author: Badaoui Mohamed Charfaoui
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

After her short nap, Volga sat up on her bed and stretched out before she walked toward the door and left her room. In the hallway of that small house, as she was heading to the kitchen, with a glimpse to her right, she noticed Jamal who was sitting on the balustrade, staring away with a sense of absence. She stopped and changed her direction.

"Are you alright?" she asked as she was reaching him.

The man turned his head gently accompanied by a sweet smile, "it's the fifth time you've asked me this since we arrived".

"That's because I feel like something is wrong with you". She went to place herself just in front of him, "something is bothering you, I know it, but after all my efforts you still don't want to share it with me, does it mean..."

Jamal landed gently his hand on her shoulder to stop her before she finished, "believe me, you are the person I trust the most in this journey, so I will ask you to trust me back. I'm not lying when I'm saying that I'm totally fine".

They stared a
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