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And it’s not stopping me either

"Really?" Rose asks cautiously

I can’t tell her Not yet I should keep this er It hasn’t even been twenty-four hours since Zachary and I split and I’ of so a mental breakdown "I just wanted to let you know that I’ to it I won’t take him back"

"No matter how hard he tries to win you over?" Rose sounds skeptical, not that I can blah we’ve never really split up, so this is a new development in our history

"No matter how hard he tries," I pro in less than teeks It’s teive him this promotion He’ll move on I’ll move on It’s over"

"If you say so I think the idiot will realize what he’s lost and coh God, I hope not He is the last thing I want to deal with I’m so over hi, so sure of yourself," Rose murmurs "You can do this I know you can"

"I know I can, too" I do And I think using Ryder as the perfect distraction will help

Or hurt I can’t tell yet

But that doesn’t scare ht

Ryder

Anticipation hu, that sexy-as-fuck dress she’s wearing standing out aray that passes by between us I’ for her and it’s getting colder by thein New York One day--yesterday--it was a perfect high of seventy-five degrees Today’s high was sixty and the te the short-sleeved dress with no coat or sweater, a black Chanel bag slung over her shoulder, her hair still as sleek and perfect as it hen I saw her first thing this , and all I can think is how vivid she is How startlingly beautiful and perfect