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Genevieve’s hand rose as if to slap her, and Serena was already flinching when herraw and icky had her wondering if the reason the slap hadn’t co herandSerena’sface before toer wanting to rebel against my mother," Genevieve said in a voice that was suddenly too cal"

It was alhly that she was no longer even fighting with her about it

"You’ll soon realize how crazy you’re being" Genevieve’s eyes were cold Certain "I have no doubt that you’ll be back Soon Especially when you realize that you will never, ever fit in with the other students Do you really believe that you will be able to walk around on campus like a normal student would?"

It was as if she had pointed a laser straight at the heart of Serena’s biggest fear Not just that she wouldn’t be able to hack a full load of classes and difficult tests, but that she wouldn’t fit in with the other freshirlfriends, not when she’d constantly been on planes with only her mother as a companion Serena was utterly terrified that she would always be a freak and that she’d never be able to live a norht

But Serena’s drea that she was finally willing to risk everything to take a chance on them

Genevieve was almost out of the room when she turned back to Serena, eyes narrowed as if soht had just occurred to her "Is this about a boy?"

"No Of course not When would I even have met anyone?" How could I when you keep me under lock and key?

Her littered when she talked about how all men were scum, that they could only be trusted to take and use and hurt

"If I find out that you’re tossing away everything I’ve given you for soet you," hervoice, "it will be the ultiive you"

But there had never been any boy, or any man, who had stirred Serena up inside She’d heard other le about their boyfriends, their lovers, but the truth was she’d not only never been kissed, she’d never longed for a kiss from any of the boys she’d known, either

"There’s no one," Serena proe forentirely for herself And even when her mother slammed the bedroom door of their hotel suite in her face, Serena vowed to keep boldly sticking to her guns Nothe way

And all the while, Serena would also never give up hope that her ive her…so that they could finally have a loving relationship that didn’t have anything to do with business