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"You were right," I admit. "What you said about me showing James that Eve and I were happy. I didn't mean for it to be as f*****d as it was. I thought it would help him get over it. I regret all of it,"

up

"I was upset," she says after a while. "You bring out the worst in me. I'm not used to anyone vibing on the same frequency as me. Darren kind of kept me on a leash. Not like this one," she pats her chest. "But a single look from him had me biting back the truth. I'm an a**le. I always have been and I'm sorry I said that to you," "I'm sor-"

"Stop. It wouldn't have happened if I didn't want you to do it," she grins. "It's probably the only way you can get me to shut the f***k up. Crystal scared us both, huh?"

"Yeah," I place the chicken salad in front of her. She smiles big and pulls the bowl to her.

"Any left for me?" we both look up at my

"Serve yourself," I point at the bowl.

cousin.

"This would go great with chips," Perry suggests.

"Top cubby," Roy points behind her.

"Your accent is ****

"Lycerian," he a*swers. "Only the noblemen and high priests know it. And of course the royal family,"

"Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to study it after the corrination," I roll my eyes.

lucky," she laughs sarcastically. Roy smacks my back and laughs with her before taking a handful of chips

growl at

started it,"

and starts eating. She stares at the food for a while before looking up at me with a grin. "How

to offer up a secret first," I

she

I knew he

laugh. "I feel like you're leaving a big chunk of that

than me by a year so she found out that Calvin was her mate a whole year ahead of Darren and me. At the time, Dar and I were training for finals. And he told her that maybe if she acted like less of a victim and stood up for herself he wouldn't have

can say. It hurts her even now. I can

Yeah,

Yean,

"What stopped you?"

each other apart. The tension between us was always buzzing. She told me that if I

Did you believe her?"

accused me of," she takes a deep breath and points at the empty bowl. "Then Darren died

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to cook because I was f*****g my girlfriend's culinary professor my freshman

she

established that,"

she drinks the rest of her soda. "Something you'd never tell a single soul and lucky

"Fine," I

between her legs. "I don't believe that Sofia

"

wouldn't have been able to tell until we

feel like you're leaving a big chunk of that story out,"

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