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The whole thing with Isa seeo, so it’s hard to reo Still, he was indeed a wanker, so I nod "Totally"

Sighing, Seb continues toless of one, I swear"

He sounds so defeated that I al his knee "You’ll get there," I promise "And one way to do that is to never, ever tell anyone how you feel about Ellie, okay?"

Seb’s hair is falling over his forehead in that attractive way that all the Royal Wreckers seem to have cultivated, and he watches me with those very blue eyes that are just like Alex’s "I won’t," he says

"Are we going to be friends now?" he asks, and I roll my eyes as I take a sip of my lemonade

"We’re about to be fahtens a little at that

"Fa back the rest of his drink "Never thought I’d have regular people in s like that really tips you back toward that whole ‘wanker’ thing you were trying to avoid"

Grinning, Seb reaches out and smacks my knee "See, that’s what I need you around for Remind me of wanker-like behavior"

He pays for our drinks, which surprises me since I wasn’t even sure he had money on him, and as wefor things with your mom?"

Queen Clara’s face is sta James, is on the twenties One day, Alex could end up on money Or his kids It’s another re that coe h "Barely notice it, to be honest"

We step back into the alley, and I take a deep breath Everything smells like rain and old stone and the exhaust fro from Seb’s shirt

Seb is in love with Ellie, but Ellie is in love with Alex

Seb is supposed to fall in love with Ta around with Flora

Flora pretended to date Miles, who is now pretending to date me

And it is pretend

Totally, totally pretend, no matter what happened in the bothy

"This is so messed up," Iyet"

Chapter 32

I had thought the horse race was the fanciest,day with all that tweed and the Land Rovers Or the balls Balls, super fancy, obvs

But polo? Polo puts all of those things to shah on one of those ical sunny summer days here in Scotland, the kind that will probably turn to rain by the afternoon, but for now, everything is gorgeous Striped tents, tables groaning with flutes of cha around in the brightest, prettiest of outfits