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back with a finger underneath her chin, looks down into her eyes, and says, “This never happened.” “What never happened?” Shannon asks with a coy smile. When he opens his mouth, she covers it with hers. Craig grabs the hem of her shirt with his good arm and Shannon raises her hands as he pulls it over her head.
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