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“I don’t know But I guess we’re going to find out”

“You don’t have to do this, you know”

“What? Talk to my dad?” Kaden raised a brow

“Yeah Talk to your dad Help ure it out onbut school like your dad wants, I would totally understand I mean, we skipped school today and—”

“Abby”

Abigail bit her lip, bracing herself for what heher when she only confided in hio?

She hesitated, then turned her gaze to his, acknowledging the slight e anotheron the lawn, talking, working together, and co up with a plan In fact, she wondered ifwith the girls at school but actually letting one of the so someone to confide in

But noith her grandh the life she had known tipped on its axis Suddenly, she wished she had spenttheo out with them over the weekend, and she turned theaping hole in her life that needed to be filled She had put all her love and care into only a couple of relationships And as she stared at Kaden, she realized Caet out and forget her worries and be a teenager She needed to have fun and do things with her peers

Was that what Kaden was being? A friend? Or was it more?

Abby released her lip froer on his face, the square line of his jaw, and his chocolate eyes When he reached out and clasped her hand firmly in his, her heart leapt The warmth from the contact sunk into her bones

“I want to help more than I care about what my dad will think or say Why do you think I came with you today?”

The tension drained froid spine Abby smiled and squeezed his hand “Okay, then I just wanted you to know you had an out You’re under no obligation to see this through It wasas you know that, then we’re good”

Kaden rolled his eyes and stood, pulling her up with hiot it You’re not as persuasive as you think”

She quirked a brow at him “Really? Because I’ school thing?”

“Like it was that hard”