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Let's move on to "you" already, okay? I abruptly changed the subject in a cheerful voice. “And just call me Lexi, like everyone else, because the official “mistress” is a little annoying. You were almost executed because of me, and now you have been dragging my carcass in your arms for so long, so you and I are almost like relatives.

“I didn’t even think that carrying you would be so difficult. I can imagine how difficult it was for Mikael,” Longerin muttered unexpectedly.

Am I that heavy? I clarified.

“Not at all,” the redhead shook his head and added thoughtfully: “You smell amazingly delicious, teasing me every now...