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Ava's eyes flung open, and she pushed Ian hard on his chest.

"What's wrong with you? Why can't you just let me live?" She asked with a disbelieving look.

Ian appeared to be stunned. He did not expect her to push him that hard. He raised his hand to smoke the cigarette, which he was still holding between his fingers.

"You called me dirty last night. How can I let you go so easily, nerd?"

"Stop calling me a nerd. You are worse than those bullies," she mumbled, her eyes stinging with tears.

But she was not going to let this boy see her tears. She would not let him make fun of her emotions again.

Ian's gaze darkened as he replied,

"You can change your appearance. But for me, you are still that nerd I rejected."

She closed her eyes and turned around. She did not want to be with him for a single moment. She tried to muster some courage against him, but he was a cruel boy who only knew how to make her feel bad.

She still did not know what he wanted from her.

She had only one option, which wa