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“Yours is upstairs I’ll go grab it”

“Wait, open yours first,” he insists “It’s for you and RJ”

“Okay” I unwrap the package and open the lid Inside are a bunch of envelopes I pick the first one up and open it Inside is a packet of papers I read through the to hyperventilate when I understand what they’re for Apparently Ryan has been busy this last week…

“Ryan… Tell me you didn’t do what I think you did”

“Which one did you open?”

“The one that says you bought a goddanature for the deed!” I shriek, dropping the papers to the table like they’re capable of burning me

Ryan flinches like he’s just been slapped “Not exactly the reaction I thought you would have”

“What else did you do?” I open the next envelope and a key falls out “A car?” I yell “Have you lost your damn mind?”

I open the next envelope This one is Ryan’s will The changes have been highlighted, indicating he’s added RJ and ets his insurance policy and trust and I’uardian

At this point, I’ so badly it’s hard to use them But there’s still one more envelope I take a deep breath and open it A bank account, needing nature to have me added to it

I drop the papers and walk away, needing to calret I don’t even knohat to say, to be honest I go upstairs, ignoringmy name, and slam my door shut My eyes land on Ryan’s present, which see car and a house and added me to a bank account that has ift to him cost twenty dollars

On some level, I should’ve expected this Ryan comes from a very wealthy family—old money, as I heard my parents call it While they don’t act like it, they’re loaded Ryan and his siblings each received a huge trust fund frorandparents, and I heard none of them have to work His sisters, Chloe and Faith, used their trust to open a cute boutique don called A Clothes Affair, and Ryan joined theRyan wouldn’t try to buy my love I don’t need or want a house or a car orand present

There’s a knock on the door, and I closea deep breath “Come in”