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The Fruit Stall
Romance & Sensual · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A chef shops for ingredients at a fruit stall in Cartagena and is taught the names of twenty fruits she has never seen by the vendor. A warm two-part story of mango, sun and a very slow afternoon.
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About this story
“The Fruit Stall” is a Romance & Sensual story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 3 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Twenty Fruits. Valentina, a chef, shops at a Cartagena fruit stall. Samuel, the vendor, makes her try twenty fruits she has never heard of before he lets her buy anything.
- Part 2: Ripe. Valentina cooks for Samuel in a tiny kitchen above the old city. The meal is long, the fruit is perfect and the evening breeze comes through the open shutters.
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