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“No, you can’t,” Jardin replied, taking a seat next to her

“Well,” the receptionist huffed

They sat there Thea tapped her fingers against her thigh, wondering what the hold-up was Jardin sat beside her, busy working on his phone, see time She knehat this was A powerplay by the principal But the thing was, she was using her brothers to piss Thea off Toto put up with that

She jumped to her feet “This is ridiculous I was called in Why a to wait?”

The receptionist frowned at her “Ms Mackerly does have other things to do than just meet with you Please sit down”

The door to the principal’s office opened just as Thea opened her mouth to blast the receptionist and Ms Mackerly stepped out The older woman had pale blonde hair that isted back off her face Her sli skirt, white shirt, and a jacket Her entire outfit probably cost ive a shit

“Where are my brothers?” Thea demanded

The principal looked her up and down “Your father is absent again?”

“Where are my brothers?” she repeated

“Come in”

Thea stepped forward and Jardin stood up to follow She was kind of surprised She’d thought he’d wait out there and finish whatever he was doing on his phone

“Sir, if you’d like to wait out here, I’ll be with you as soon as I can” Ms Mackerly looked Jardin up and down, and a predatory sort of hunger filled her gaze

Bitch

Thea felt the ridiculous urge to tell her to get her eyes off her man But he was her boss He wasn’t hers Besides, the principal was probably his type

“I’m not here for you,” Jardin replied coldly “I’m here with Thea”