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Heather looks at h of “And—”
“And he definitely was affected Whether or not it was in lust or disgust is the question”
If I’m honest, he stared at me like I’m a buttery steak he knows he shouldn’t eat but can’t wait to sink his teeth into My heart throttles at the memory Those damn eyes and smirk Suddenly, it’s hot in the classroom
“Lust, obviously Have you seen yourself?” Heather groans dralass with her hands, and fans herself
I shrug “Not to him He is cold as ice”
“You would be hot to anyone, girl The man is full of shit”
“He is that, for sure He may think I’m hot, but he also thinks I’m trash His pretentious ass wouldn’t touch loves”
“Your gloves,” she corrects with a disbelieving shake of the head
“I’m one of many”
“Damn How rich is he?”
“Rich enough, he shouldn’t care about my inheritance”
She lifts a brow “Then why does he?”
“Good question” I look down at my hands and back at my friend “It’s weird that he wantstells me it’s more than that”
“Do you think he’s trying to nullify the will?”
My upper teeth bite down on my lower lip “A part of me does There is no question he resents his father and resentsis, he’s sketchy AF He’s crooked If he wanted to steal my money, he could”
“Maybe it’s really aboutyou live with hi to strike”
I nod in agreement
“I also think this has to do hat happened to his family He holds me responsible for some reason”
“Crazy, since he doesn’t even know you Otherwise, he’d realize what a great person you are”
“You’re obligated to say that You’re , but it fades as soon as my mind drifts back to Trent “I can’t even pretend to understand the motive Nor do I want to All I want to do is survive If I clean some dishes, that’s okay I just can’t let him ever have ammunition on me That would be disastrous”
“Keep him away from your sister”
“Understatement of the year Erin is likely to hit on him”
“I’m surprised she hasn’t”
We both start laughing Not that my sister is particularly funny, but when soh it off
“She’s not that bad”
“She’s not good either”
Erin is a conundruht after our parents died that she was caring, but that version of my sister faded fast Probably theto be to raise me alone
She went froer knew That and the biggest narcissist on earth
It all depends on her mood
Her ups and her downs
Unfortunately, that mood is often dependent on her finances and whether she has a man in her life