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“Maybe you can join us,” Liv’s ested

Harper chose to ignore hi that her ti for the book She still had her back to Liv as she was throwing everything off the desk, but she heardbed

Liv groaned “Get out”

“It’ll only be a second” Harper turned around to scan the room

“Get out!” Liv roared, and the anger in her voice seeh Harper’s head For a moment, she could only stand there—dazed and unable to re for

Harper shook her head, clearing so as fast as I can I just … I need the book first”

“Not you,” Liv said “Him”

Before either Harper or Liv’s boyfriend could say anything, Liv pushed hi on the floor with a painful-sounding thud, and he groaned

“Are you okay?” Harper crouched next to him, and he slowly sat up

He rubbed the back of his head “Yeah … I think so”

Harper looked him over just to be sure, and she was relieved that he was still wearing his boxers His bare torso revealed several fresh scratches on his chest and shoulders His lip was bleeding, too, but she wasn’t sure if that was fro that Liv had done

“What don’t you understand about the words get out?” Liv asked, leaning over the edge of her bed to glare down at them

Her eyes—which had seemed wide and innocent when Harper first

“I’ as he did, and picked his clothes up off the floor

That’s when Harper finally discovered herchem book It had been hidden underneath his jeans

He didn’t even wait to get dressed before he left, preferring to walk out into the hall in his underwear rather than spend another minute in their dorm room Not that Harper blamed him

“Got my book,” Harper told Liv as she shoved the textbook into her backpack “So I’ll be out of your hair”

“You don’t have to rush out of here now that he’s gone”

Out of the corner of her eye, Harper saw Liv juraceful movement The honey had returned to her voice, but Harper wasn’t sure if she could trust it, so she turned around slowly Liv’s blond hair fell in waves that landed just above her shoulders, and though she wasn’t as tall as Harper, her tanned legs appeared long, extending below her micro pajama shorts

“I figured he’d want solanced back to wink at Harper, then grabbed a tank top out of her drawer

“Yeah” Harper forced a smile and tried to sound happy for her roommate “He seemed … nice Is he your boyfriend?”