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alley Bryce hat mentioned,
than his fees. He needed:
Hannah,
afa and then get m
He smeed is be approached the alley, bearing:
a
med Hannah with her father, bot
shadows. What he saw made his Blood boil–Hannah father struck her acro the face the mind of the dap cuting tgh the night pusher
Jasse’s mundes tensed, ready to spring forward and intervene when the man’s words stopped him milil
You worthless little schemer! You said you could wrap Jason an around your finger and marry and his family. You promised thousand dollars Wastha
Jason stood paralyzed, an icy feeling spreading through his vein. The world seemed to it on its axis, reality shifting
Hannah touched her reddened cheek, her voice suddenly cold and calculating–nothing.
Las though she’d removed a mask.
any times do 1 have to explain this to you? My breakup with Jason want real. It was
Her words pierced him like shards of ice, each one more painful t
“I pretended to
to care about Juilliard, pretended to need space–it wa
make him want me more, by making myself unamunahbe, 1 be
undred
he can’t stop thinäking about, the one he truly desires. That’s how you secure a man like hind”
Jason felt physcally ill, bile rising in his throat. The earnest conversations they’d had about her dance care, her ambition–all fabrication degned to manipulate him. He’d thought he was the one playing a game, but he’d been a pawn in Hannah i scheme all along
“Don’t you understand? the confused, sounding antayed at having to explain something so obvious.
Meanwhile, Hannah’s father spat on the ground in disgust, his weathered face contorted with anger
“Stop feeding me these lines I’ve heard that jsou up with his gulfriend. So why hasn’t he gotten back together with you yet?”
finger at her chest. “just adhered of you. He’s probably fallen for that Harbour girl t
Hannahy’s hands clenched imo fists, a flicker of genuine emotion crossing her face–was it jealousy? Rage? For once, Jaxon saw something real behand Jur perfect façade
she quickly regained her composure, her voce dropping to an icy tune bed never heard from her before.
why Jason and Keley broke up? Because of m
“Do you wait to know why.
Each word fell like another turn of a bonite in jastor’s gut.
“M “Tyler’s party, I pretended Kehey had cut my Face Jason was so angry he told his teammates to teach her a lesson. They humiliated her so badly
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Jeft the country”
The memory of the night crashed into him with rouletterne Kelveyi
about
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30 he had been wearing aham Ketery at the party he that att
He remembered Keboy’s deflare eyes, her pale daca suda
her. The abodens contain whh which he condemned her with th
And then he’d abandoned her to his teammates with that recommand
The image of Kebern pinned down by
pugemben he remned the terene and despair in her eyes ha
breathe. His chest conmicted painfully, his heartbear fondering in His ear
What had he done”
The question echoed i
him, hollowing him out. Every moment with Kelsey replayed in his mind- vulnerability—all met with manipulation and betrayal. Not just by him, but by Hannah ton. They hot
And for wh A be Buch upon a be
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