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“Why do you think that is?” I wonder

“Rederets… ht because they want a chance to become human”

Chapter Sixteen

“I sat in the sun on a bench; the ani the chops ofsubsequent penitence, but not yet in” —Robert Louis Stevenson

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I didn’t want to go home

For some reason, I felt evenits job I uest roo offover at the wall I shared with Maksim

Irritated, I left the roonoring all privacy rules, I shoved the door farther open and h

Of course, he would be the one boy who had a clean room

Froht around throw pillows What boy has throw pillows? His flat-screen is adjusted in the corner along with his PlayStation because at least that’s proof he’s an immature little shit still

His white dresser has a Rolex on it, along with a cell phone charger and earbuds And weirdly, I noticed that all of his clothes were basically untouched in his closet when I peeked in

Soht them but for some reason didn’t think he should wear them

In fact, his entire room seemed co on his bed

“Find anything interesting?” Maksiainst his dresser, causing it to hit the ith a loud clunk

“You scared me”

“Drunkenly searching for things, or do you miss me that much?” he teased

“No, I hate you, remember? I had to proertips iainst his “Stop confusing o”

“I agree,” he said, his eyes never leaving mine; the man didn’t even blink “But what if I ask you for two hours?”

“Two hours?” I repeat “To what? Play Candyland?”

He snorted out a laugh “You knoe can’t play that anymore after you burned the board last year”

“Because you cheated” I jerked away What was his freaking problem? “And you know it!”

He held up his hands in innocence, his sexy smirk on full display “I still claim that you skipped over peppermint forest”