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Meant to be.

Author: BELLA
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*BENNETT*

“Do we have to go back to the party?Can…can we just go home now?”Maliyah asked,her voice so low that I had to strain to hear.

I nodded,curtly and led her to the limo.

Opening the door for her,she got in without sparing me a glance.

I got in too and stared out the window as the driver pulled out of the parking lot and hit the road.

That man just had to ruin the night for us.

Mrs Claudia’s son?

I wasn’t really curious to know how that was suddenly possible.

I wasn’t curious to know anything about him.

I just wanted him to disappear,from Maliyah’s life,permanently.

But he’s trying…oh he’s really trying and no one needed to tell me that he’s trying to compete with me in everything.

I grimaced.

He could only keep trying…he would not take anything from me.

**************

When we got home,Maliyah retired to her bedroom without saying a word to me.She was upset.

I had made her upset.

But what exactly was she upset about?

That I had hit Alonzo?

That I had told her to be committed to
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