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// WARNING // EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT //
This chapter contains explicit sexual content, including scenes of intense intimacy. Reader discretion is advised. Please proceed only if you are comfortable with mature and explicit themes.
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Alicia tasted something unfamiliar—something raw, intimate. Herself. It slammed into her all at once, heat pooling low in her stomach, a flush crawling up her chest and neck. Thrill tangled with embarrassment in her chest as she broke the kiss, turning her face away just slightly as her cheeks deepened in color.
But Adrien didn't let her escape. His arm stayed firm around her waist, the other lifting to cradle her jaw—his thumb stroking slowly across her cheek, grounding, possessive. As if to say you're not running from this… or from me.
