St Petersburg 3
Written by Raphaëlle,on the 11/11/2011
After he’s gone I sit at my velvet-lined mahogany desk and day-dream. I gaze thoughtfully at the coffered ceiling. What should my next book be about?
My fingers play with the bronze lamp, I close etc ...
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