A sigh, barely restrained, slips past his lips. His jaw tightens in a reluctant attempt to veil his growing exasperation. As someone who found Grandpa's legendary fishing tales far from captivating, he was seldom enthused about the prospect of enduring them. Yet, in the current moment, the lure of being close to her was too tempting to resist. "I beseech you," he groans in mild desperation, "Please don't embark on that."
Nonetheless, she turns a deaf ear to his plea and persists. The elaborate details of Grandpa's epic fishing conquests morph into an indistinct hum in the background as he loses himself in the sensation of her fingers caressing his chest. "He idled away three entire days, held at bay by the stubborn presence of crocodiles that simply wouldn't stir. Consequently, he resorte
