Chapter 505

Judy's POV

"You look as if you haven't slept in days," Nan points out as I join her in the coffee shop near the school campus. I felt gross; I didn't bother showering and knew I had dark circles under my eyes.

"I haven't," I admitted. "Not since my date with Gavin."

"You still haven't heard from him?"

I shook my head.

"I texted him last night after Matt left, but he hasn't even opened it. His phone's been off..." I told her.

"That's odd," she said. "Maybe you are right... Maybe something happened. Did you talk to Beta Taylor?"

"He won't tell me anything. He gets weird when I bring up Gavin," I told her, my heart pounding in my chest.

"Has Matthew said anything?"

I thought back to my conversation with Matt last night.

"He asked me if I still liked his father," I told her. "Like if we were still friends... then he mentioned something about his perception being wrong. He didn't get to finish his thought, though, because Taylor came to pick him up."

"I wonder what he meant by that," Nan said thoughtfully.

sip of my coffee, my hands trembling

think. Is he ghosting me? Did he

gently. "You didn't see the way he was

blinked as I looked at

love with me?"

She nodded.

seen before, not even with Chester. Ethan had never looked at you like that before. This was

me, and I hated

"We are graduating soon, Judy. This is huge. We have to focus on our finals...

right. This could make or break my future. I knew that I had already secured a spot in the Elite Force because I had won the Gamma Competition, but having a degree would mean the world

the coffee shop, we walked to the campus. We spent some time studying in the student lounge before we had to go

when I got there. I took my seat beside him and got my notes ready. He was trying hard to pretend

I don't exist," I told him. "We

simply, his eyes fixed on his own notes

wouldn't even give me the time of day. He was so worried about getting on Gavin's bad side, and Gavin probably wouldn't even notice if he did talk to me or not. It's not like Gavin was talking

knotted

Gavin to the back burner and tried to make the most out of my class time. By the time class was over, my brain was

to speak with you

me.

frowned, my heart pounding against

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