Your Plus One

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Romeo got to Cara's house that evening and she gladly offered him some green tea to replenish his strength lost at work. She herself had just returned not quite long.

She sat down next to her lover and stared confusedly at him. "You look troubled, is everything alright?"

He took a sip from his tea and placed it on the table. "I look like this thanks to fatigue. But, something noteworthy did happen today. ...