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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="6daa956517d4978a3b4c27cea3cc0c94"Illya stared at Alexei, wondering what was going through the guy's head. After Mara was defauxed, Alexei suddenly wanted to leave. He didn't want to see Emi or anything. Illya didn't question it and left with Alexei. At home things were even werider. Alexei asked for singing and dancing lessons. For someone who was against debuting, Alexei sure wanted to improve his performance skills./p
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