"Look, I am not very good at this," he admitted when the sweetest kiss he'd ever tasted broke. "But... I want to be. So, forgive me for not answering and... let's start over?"
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"Look, I am not very good at this," he admitted when the sweetest kiss he'd ever tasted broke. "But... I want to be. So, forgive me for not answering and... let's start over?"