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Arabella Rivera

“First, close my damn door. And try being a little gentle this time?” Dark annoyed eyes smoked a fog of irritation towards Haiden’s brooding posture that stood in the entryway.

Upon Mr. Boyd’s sarcastic request, Haiden’s jaw ticked, the jaw bone growing more prominent by the action. M y eyes leer at the faint bruise he spotted o n the slightly tan flesh of his jaw. The discoloring under his left eye began to fade but was also still very noticeable.

With a low pant of annoyance. Haiden reaches for the door and slams it shut. It rattles, indicating that it was close to falling off its hinges. “Happy?” He asked tightly, voice thickening with what I presume was irritation.

As soon as the words are let out, the sad excuse of a map that hung on the door, falls to the floor limply behind Haiden’s boots.

My eyes draw to Mr. Boyd waiting for his reaction at hearing the blatant bold

action at hearing the blatant bold disrespect in Haiden’s voice. The man always looked furious but the shadow of anger he spotted now, competed against any previous one before. Haiden had ticked off the man, a lot.

The tightness of his frame and the glare o fannoyance said it all. Mr. Boyd drew in a breath that calmed him down before he said anything out of the way. His frame relaxed too. As if finally realizing that Haiden was not worth arguing with.

He lifts a hand to his forehead, rubbing the skin as if to ward off a splitting headache. “You damn kids.” He murmurs lowly.

Damn kids? He better be speaking about Haiden, I had nothing to do with this sudden annoyance he was now spotting. I n fact, I’m innocent in all of this. I just came to hold up my own side of the deal.

no. Then again, the bright red B on my paper was taunting me, therefore I wasn’t so sure I would’ve

Boyd pinched the skin

it lightly and dragged out a n

on it lightly to suppress m y laughter at the use of Mr.

was just something about his gaze that had a flame as flickering as a wildfire creeping

entirely out of shock. The way

old clock as I try to think of the reason behind his sudden bitterness. Haiden was

I can’t recall

to him and I hadn’t spoken to him in a

it. Dreams aren’t reality though. And this reality, was

to his sides and with a frown on his face, voices out.” I

in his head, I could just tell. The way his brows lined in a frown and the tick of his jaw showed me that he did

voiced it out. “You found someone and it’s her?” The way

forget it.” His heavy tone

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that I tried to ignore. Haiden turns around ready to leave, his fingers already wrapping around the door handle when M r. Boyd’s edgy voice stops him. “If you walk

slowly turns around. His eyes are like ice,

tangled myself in this situation unwillingly and unknowingly. Was it too late to back out and just face the rude awakening of getting my first

that B to turn into an

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