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2024-10-29 19:42:56I step out of the office and feel a lump in my throat drop down to my stomach.
"You know what would be great right now," I mutter to myself, "some Lychee juice."
"Ya, what are you still doing here?" a voice spoke, causing me to jump up and squeal.
The guy knit his brows and gripped the straps of his bag. "Why are you so jumpy?" Dae-hyun asks, turning to the door behind me. "Are you going to rat me out to the dean?" he chuckles out a scoff, "aren't you a little too spineless for that?"
I turn to him and find myself fuming.
He is fully satisfied with my reaction.
"Are you doing anything today, Dahlberg?"
I roll my eyes, "as if that's any of your business." Upon saying this, I see Andy from down the hallway, and I remember instantly that he wanted to have a word with me. "Andy!" I call and wave at him, all before running towards him.
Or at least I tried running to him. Dae-hyun held me back.<
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I hiss and whip my head to the guy. His hair glistened against the light and his plump lips were curved in a smile. Stellan looked just as disgusting as I remember."I'm guessing your boyfriend is on the team or you wouldn't have cheered so hard."With a surge of adrenaline, I bit back, "Funny you've never heard of team spirit and naturally assume being supportive is inclined only to romantic relationships."Stellan threw his head back, "Wow. Look at you talking back. Without me you're so misguided and think that girls are supposed to be anything than a good girlfriend."I scoff at this. I was about to reply, but then he cut me off, "I'm glad we broke things off, honestly. No matter how good you are doesn't matter anymore because your father's a corrupted liar. Everything you are, from the blood in your veins and and the money in your pocket is dirty like him."At this point, Kai, who was in the middle of his conversation, looks over
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