May 12, 2025
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Yasmina caught him staring and smirked.
"Like what you see, Kenji?"
He choked, looking away. "What?
No- I mean, I wasn't-"
Yasmina laughed, stretching her arms over her head, which only made matters worse.
"Relax. I'm just messing with you."
Kenji tried to glare, but it didn't quite land.
He wasn't sure why, but suddenly, he was seeing Yasmina in a way he never had before. She was confident, playful, and had this teasing edge that reminded him of…
Brooklyn.
The thought hit him like a slap. Yasmina and Brooklyn weren't the same, not exactly, but they had this same fire to them, this same energy that made them impossible to ignore. And somehow, he had never really noticed before.