Reborn To Ruin: The Jilted Heiress's Revenge
y had cornered Chelsea in the hallway outside t
af of papers int
ercoming Adversity.' I need it to so
the hardest thing you've ever had to do was choose between
actually really stressful, Chels
ulation was so clumsy, so obvious.
e prompt. She could write a Pulitzer-worthy essay in her sleep. And maybe s
blew her a kiss and strutt
ned toward the auditor
ax hung in the air. A few students from the stage crew were up
lfway down the center aisl
he quintessential nerd-thick glasses, suspenders, the whole package. Chelsea remembered him. He became a tech billionai
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etal. It was a sound she knew intimately from yearstlight was swinging loose. A safety cable wasn't
meone yelled fr
ts. He stumbled back, tripping over his own feet
The light fixture detached completely. It plummeted, a fught in every
didn't
he had learned to access during her stunt training. She calcula
d herself f
own the aisle. She vaulted over the orchestra pit railin
es wide behind his glasses, w
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rapping her arms around his waist. Momentum carried them both s
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Rory's head had been a second ago. Glass shattered, spray
owed up i
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breathing hard. Her heart wa
okay?"
were askew. He looked like he was
ink so," h
s off her blazer. She checked him quickly-pupil
ow, scrambling down ladders. The doors to t
ealized h
a movie set, not in a high school auditorium. Th
d to her chest and forced her breathing to becom
ory up. "I just... I saw it fallin
hed light, then at Chelsea. There was a calculat
he whispered. "The distan
efit of the approaching teacher. "My mom says
smile. "I'm just gl
furious red. "Thanks, Chels
d. "Literally. Please don't
ve before the int
lt a prickle on the back of her ne
e balcony level, where t
there. Tall.
ut she saw the glint of eye
cold. She hurried out of the