His Proposal, Her Two Choices

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d, looking over his notes. Th

ng the end of the break. He

hool," he said, more of a command than a requ

, and walked away, leaving me in a sea of stunned and jealous stares. I picked up

r than I'd planned. The great Liam Hayes wasn

action was cut shor

already mo

oad shoulders and athletic muscle, his basketball team jacket doing little to hide his i

not very subtle, are you? I've seen girls like you a million times. You

n't even looked

n has decreased by 20 points.

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. "Do I k

u really think he's interested in some no-name scholarship girl?

him?" I asked, raising an ey

e said, his voice low and thre

pped up in my vis

st suspect the target has

quickly typed a query back. "System, can tar

on-reborn individuals. The target's hostility is likely based

ust a jerk.

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nce you chose the easy path, you can figure out how to pay fo

ance was barely enough for bus fare and school lunches, it was something. Now it was gone.

dea sparked. T

e. Then I thought about my meeting with Lia

y eyes met Noah's, and I let a single, perfect tear roll

ook a deep breath, then deliberately stumbled, scraping my knee hard against the concrete floor. Pain

up from the scrape. I messed up my hair, smudged the tear tra

wounded as I possibly could, I