Mia was practically beaming, gushing about Miss Bennitt of the illustrious Bennitt family with animated excitement.

“You probably don’t even stand a chance of seeing her face, bless your heart. I mean, she’s a Harvard grad. She's way out of your

league. Word on the street is you're just a run-of-the-mill college girl. Managed to claw your way up to this point—gotta admire the

hustle, though no telling how many beds you've bounced through.”

From the moment Zoey knew Mia was hot on her trail, she braced herself for the inevitable barrage of mockery.

She didn’t bother with a response, just hobbled forward.

Mia sneered, snapping a photo of Zoey'’s retreating figure and blasting it to her clique with a hearty dose of ridicule.

[You see? Limping like a beggar.]

[This chick really thinks she’s something, doesn’t she? Daring to throw a punch.]

[She does look like a beggar, Mia. Heard your brother's getting hitched to the Bennitts? Is that because of Tyler's influence?]

The Bennitts' vast fortune made their daughter the cream of the crop, leagues beyond Zoey.

Mia kept up the chat in the group.

[My brother's ripe for marriage, and the folks are pressing him. Miss Bennitt's coming hsoon, right? Looks like the parents on

have

the group harbored their little schemes.

to marry into the Bennitts likely had something to

plenty of heiresses his age that Fitch could choose from, but he

of congratulations and silence,

to her car, her ankle

gazing out at the bright lights in the distance, feeling like an outsider

tried to fit in,

compared to years of family business?

of humiliation fresh as she recalled

against the pain in her ankle, she drove off. Every

through, she felt numb.

eyes welling up at the

was etched

was this all

delete, but as the phone asked for

Fitch. After tonight, she'd avoid

worlds apart. Getting close was

the photo would erase the last shred

couldn’t do it. She even created a hidden folder just for that

tossed the phone aside and zoned

pinged—a faint sound in the

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