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“I heard that from David by chance,” I replied. “But I suggest that you make a plan now to deal with the rumors. If you can get ahead of it, then it shouldn’t be too bad.”

Even if I wasn’t 100% sure the fake news came from David, don’t mind Alexander believing, so. It would just help me bond with Alexander.

“She’s right,” Alexander said. “I’ll handle it.”

I turned and started to walk away, but Alexander grabbed my wrist.

“Hold on. It’s fine, but we need to figure out a way to contact one another. We need to be able to exchange information.”

I looked down at his hand on my wrist. I reached into my purse and retrieved my eyeliner pencil, then turned his hand so that I could write on his palm.

“Here’s my number,” I said, returning his smile, Then I turned and walked away.

As I was approaching the exit, my phone buzzed. I pulled it out and looked at the screen, seeing a text from an unknown number. I opened it, and my heart fluttered slightly as I saw the words: Your fiancé.

There was no way I was going to lose my pack to

he and Amanda paid for everything they

first time I had lived through all of this, I trusted them completely. I thought they had my best interests at heart, but now I knew the truth. I knew that I had to watch my back when

audience. I could see the crowd was growing. I spotted David and Amanda and reluctantly made my way toward them. It would look strange

daughters, which wasn’t surprising considering a shopping center like this would likely be more popular with

I could

heard a woman complimenting Amanda

so poised and mature,” the woman said. “Different from your best

I recognized her; we had met before, and she seemed nice.

so strange,” the first woman said. “She’s so naive it would almost be cute if she didn’t have so much responsibility as the only heir

inappropriate clothing,” the other woman agreed. “It’s like she has no idea that her demeanor and her dress make an impression that reflects

could see David’s face. He was nodding in agreement with the women, and his gaze was fixed adoringly on

always encouraged me to dress brightly and flamboyantly. She said it made me stand out, made me unique. I thought she was just supporting my style, but clearly she was just trying to make herself look better in front

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