𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗:
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜-𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜-𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎: 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚗-𝚝𝚑𝚎-𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎.
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𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙽𝚘. 𝟾: 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢: 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚢'𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 (𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑)
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𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚘, 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚐.
𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢. 𝙳𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚊 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠.
I quietly read the third page while lying on my stomach. And then, just to be sure, I read that again and again. Turns out, Matteo used to be a construction worker. That may very well explain his massive pecs, but. . . I don't know. Hindi naman kasi niya makuskos nang maayos 'yong nanigas na kanin sa plato kanina. Pwera na lang kung pati iyong mga muscles niya ay nagkukunwari lang din. Maybe, enhanced by steroids?
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Ciao, Mister Stranger (18+) (Wattys Shortlist Finalist)
RomanceWhen Jodie's restaurant branch is selected to join a televised social experiment, she finds herself face-to-face with Matteo Salvatore: a mysterious Italian man who is distractingly gorgeous, intimidatingly brilliant, and clearly used to getting wha...
