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Chap.12*The Brother Wakes Up*
"Ryker!" Kathleen jumped the moment she realized how close he was to her. Even though they had been through a lot, it still surprised her that her skin got goosebumps to his touch.
"Relax! I'm not gonna eat you." He frowned, not pulling away from Kathleen. She lowered her face whilst he gently massaged her back in the most awkward position but it didn't take Kathleen too long to get back into her sense and gently push Ryker away, he looked surprised.
"Don't start what I have finally stepped back from." She uttered very softly with her eyes lowered at her empty fingers, "Wait! Where is my ring?" she questioned, looking around on the couch and running her hands around to look for the ring.
It wasn't anything expensive, but she had it on after she found it in her brother's bags, he had bought it for her birthday but couldn't give it to her due to the accident.
"What happened?" Ryker saw her going crazy after something so ordinary and couldn't help but to ask
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