It was a sweltering day when I first met her. The kind of day where the air feels thick and heavy, and the sun is relentless in its pursuit to make everything unbearably warm. I was walking home from the market, a bag of groceries in one hand and a bottle of cold lemonade in the other when I saw her. She was sitting on a bench under the shade of a large oak tree, her skin glistening with a delicate sheen of sweat, and her eyes hidden behind a pair of oversized sunglasses.
"Hey," I greeted, offering her the lemonade. "You look like you could use this."
She accepted it with a grateful smile, her lips curving in a way that made my heart skip a beat. That was the moment I knew my life was about to change.
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Cocoa Butter Kisses
RomanceIn the heartwarming tale of "Cocoa Butter Kisses," follow the journey of two souls destined to be together despite the odds. When the charming and spirited Maya enters his life, her sweet cocoa butter kisses become his anchor in a world full of unce...