Lina’s face blazed with heat as she averted her gaze from the screen. “What did you just say?”

“I said, let’s take a bath together!” Zuko’s smile widened as he slowly removed his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. “Why aren’t you looking at me?”

“Zeke, you…”

Lina pursed her lips, torn between not wanting to look at the screen and stealing a few glances. She caught glimpses of his chest, washboard abs, and strong arms…

Her face grew even redder, and her heart raced uncontrollably.

Zuko remained composed and calmly said, “Do you actually want to look or not? If you don’t want to, you can just end the video call, right?”

“You…”

“Since you’re not ending the call, I’ll take it that you’re willing to take a bath with me.”

A mischievous curve formed at the corner of Zuko’s lips. “Lina, don’t you undress when you take a bath?”

“Zeke!”

help but smile, trying to keep it subtle, as her heart

the usually serious man

He casually hooked his

her eyes, afraid to look at the camera, only to

saw Zuko wide-eyed, looking in a certain

grew unusually quiet, as if time had frozen for a dozen

Guardian… what

at his phone, trying to

stop here for now. Rest

wanted to ask something, but the video call had already ended. She pondered

quite spacious, with a corner next to the cabinet. In the dim evening light, if someone inside forgot to lock the

not have realized that Dave was in

her laughter

On the other side…

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