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"Rosie is here! It must be my lucky day." But this is certainly not my lucky day. It's

effortless to detect that voice. Silas Cromwell. The most annoying human being on earth. Had it not been for his sister's birthday. I would have punched him in the face, but I don't want to ruin the fun. The little girl doesn't deserve that from me. "I can't miss the opportunity to see you," I sarcastically say as I turn around to face him. Either he has grown taller, or I have shrunk.

"Oh, I know you're in love with me." He smirks, making me laugh.

"More like in love with the idea of strangling you."!

"I point out.

Sometimes, we wish we could get rid of some people in our life. Silas Cromwell is somebody I want to get rid of, but it's almost impossible.

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How can I get rid of him when his sister, Aniyah, is best friends with Lily and Holden, my siblings? Out of every single person in their school, did they have to pick his sister to be friends with?

He has been getting on my nerves since day one. I remember when Lily and Holden came to Mum one day, telling her that they had made a new friend at school and her name was Aniyah

Mum met Aniyah's mum and invited them to our place so my siblings and their new friend

weekend, Aniyah and her mum showed up at our place, but they weren't alone. There was a boy with them and he seemed older than

we might be friends, but oh man was I wrong. That boy liked to prank me, snoop through my stuff, and splash me in the pool whenever the five of us

and terrible personality. Well, it isn't that terrible, because he is sometimes nice to me, but I try not to trust him so much because Silas cannot be trusted, "Keep up the act of hating me and I might believe it." He chuckles, taking a sip from the energy drink in his hand. Instead of saying anything, I check my phone.

wasn't going to attend, she begged me to come, and I couldn't say no to that little girl. She is like my Einle sister, and I can't say no to her. Her parents

what if I am?" I wonder, eyeing him. I don't have a boyfriend. I dated once when I was fifteen and that relationship did not last for more than seven months. He said that I was

to make sure that he is not as bad as your ex. I don't want to get my knuckles bruised again." He doesn't look at me as

a party and when I confronted him about the whole thing, he said that I was the one who drove him to do that because

night. I thought he was going to give me the "I told you so speech, because he did tell me before that my ex wasn't a good person. Instead, he held me as I cried and took me to get ice cream. That was the nicest thing he had ever done to me "You don't need to

single?" he asks. Why is

"I am." I reply.

give them his attention at all "Expected"1 shrug. I have always

ready for college?" he asks while

tell him, taking a sip from

more excited about your joining the same university as me. I'm

"Rat Im

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each other." I'm trying to convince myself of

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