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I wait for so her there, of all places, but he breaks eye contact with me to stare at the floor

“And when Lee Lee took ht for sure ere done,” Corah continues “I followed hi over my feet because my eyes were blurry with tears And you knohat he said to me?”

“What?” Please tell me, because I can’t fathom why he would taint what’s ours with this trash

Corah looks up at Liaround that he first fell in love”

Her voice fades into the background My pulse thunders throughthrums It takes every ounce of willpower I have not to run and jump into his arms but I can’t do that because no one knows about Liam and me We chose to keep our unorthodox relationship a secret so high school doesn’t ruin it Things between us aren’t ideal and, to keep appearances, Liam has to date I could see other people too, but it’s easier if I don’t

I chew on the inside of my cheek and silently plead to the universe for Liam to look at me He needs to understand that I love hi after hih lued to the ground

“That’s why Liaround here he found his first love, and he thinks I ht be his last” Corah clasps her hands over her heart, feigning happy tears

Dark spots cloud my vision but, at the moment, they

are better than tears becausein circles and I’m a ball of emotions I want to scream I want to yank Corah by the hair out of Liam’s arms and then, of course, I want to cry

Soe to force it all down—the huer— and ain

“I knohat you’re thinking” Corah beams

No I highly doubt she does If she did, she wouldn’t be hanging on the ar, because the things I want to do to her, to both of theal in fifty states

“It wasn’t a big, fancy prolamorous The way Lee Lee asked, it cales into Liam’s side and looks up at him like the sun rises and sets because he exists

I know it does ina chill as the actual sun dips behind a cloud Ironic considering we’re inside and its rays barely shine through a nearbyStill, I feel the darkness nonetheless

“Youa little with each syllable