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“Nope I got it I can even stop by there onher smile didn’t convey the lie

“Fabulous!” Mr Delgado said, clapping his hands together “If there’s anything I can do for you in the meantime, just let me know”

“Will do” She swung her backpack over her shoulder and headed to the cafeteria as he returned to his spot behind his desk, shuffling around a mountain of papers

The second she entered the lunch hall, the scent of pizza and french fries assaulted her, and the cacophony of laughter and conversation filled the large roo Kaden at her usual spot with a couple of her friends When she took in his sober expression, head bent over a tattered paperback, she sotten

She headed for their table, allowing her gaze to trail over hi he looked particularly cute today with his straw-colored hair styled so it no longer hung in his eyes When he heard the sound of her approach, he lifted his gaze to hers and all else fell away—the voices, laughter, forks clanging against trays Those chocolate orbs burned into her, sending a bolt of electricity up her spine

“Sorry I had so to take care of,” she said, as she sat

She placed her bookbag on the ground and grabbed her lunch, then turned to her friends and acknowledged them with a quick hello

Caed her shoulder and whispered in her ear, “He’s such a cute nerd”

Abby rolled her eyes “He’s not a nerd”

“Whatevs Regardless, he’s actually kind of a babe in a very, young-hot-college-professor kind of way”

Abby laughed “You’re unhinged, you know that?”

“Don’t think I’ out with a boy” A lascivious sh You need to let loose, get lost in a boy”

Abby’s face caught fire “Cammie,” she hissed

She glanced up at Kaden from under her lashes who appeared to be lost in his book, save for the telltale pinkening of his cheeks which indicated he overheard

“Just don’t forget to start carving outvoice “And don’t think I’ you off the hook hatever it is you two are whispering about You are so telling me”