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"But the contract"

"Can be broken"

"If I’d known yourto upset you so much, I wouldn’t have let her in" Abi looked out the still-open door "You guys go back to Sean’s place, and I’ll do daed her "Text me later to let me know you’re okay?"

"I should have told you about s are between us--" But she’d been so afraid to trust anyone

Just as scared as she’d been by the thought of having to one day return to her old life

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Sean didn’t trust hi as they walked out of Serena’s dorm and headed for his frat Not only because he was so da Serena had ever said about wanting to stay at Stanford, he finally realized just how high the outside pressures on her were Not only from her mom, but also from powerful movie stars like Smith Sullivan anted her to star in one of his filht up the ht, Sean hadn’t asked for any extra details because he hadn’t wanted to even think about the possibility that it et put back on her schedule in the future Instead, he’d stupidly wanted to bury his head in the sand and believe that nothing would ever pull her back to her old life Exactly the way his sister had so wisely predicted it would, a handful of weeks ago

Losing soain was his worst fear

But how could he have stopped hi her with his fa inside him, had taken the love he already felt for her and er So much deeper Even the s had licked her face and she’d been so carefree, so happy He’d ive her that happiness all the ti today to show hiht was probably the only way either of theet to that happiness

Which hy, as soon as they were inside his room, he said, "Yesterday, when you found those pictures of my momI’m really sorry for what I said to you"

"You’ve already apologized More than once You don’t have to apologize anymore, Sean"

"It just…whenever I think about what I said about you and your mom, how I refused to even try to understand why you hadn’t spoken to her since you started school" He regrettedat her about taking her ranted "God, I’m an assle, Serena"

"You’re not an assle, you just--"