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Chapter 11

Author: H. Dally
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“After leaving me looking like a fool, you told your friends that you only asked me to prom so you could humiliate me and show me that I wasn’t as 'special' as I thought. I heard everything!”

Tessa’s words hung between them like a cloud.

Shock flickered across Gendry’s face, his usual composure breaking for the first time that night. His mouth opened slightly, as if to say something, but no words came.

Tessa stared at him, her heart pounding against her ribs. Somehow, she wanted him to deny it, to tell her she was wrong or that there was another explanation, even though she knew there wasn’t.

But the silence stretched, and with every second, her chest tightened even further.

A bitter snort escaped her. “Nothing to say now?” she asked, her voice sharp, yet barely above a whisper.

Gendry parted his lips again, but before he could speak, a voice from the group called out teasingly, “The song’s over, guys… unless you plan on dancing all night?”

Tessa’s body jolted as if woken from a spel
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