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He was in thethe water out of his hair, but he pauses A s

“What’s so funny?” I sit up

“You’re done with school, Blake,” he announces

“Excuse ue

“You left You think people weren’t going to realize you weren’t there?”

I never really thought about it to be honest When you’re running for your life, your college classes don’t really o back Ryat, I need a degree” And my parents will kill me Maybe that’s another reasontown

“Don’t worry, I covered it” He dismisses it

Arching a brow, I slowly repeat his words “You covered it?” He nods “What the hell does thatto need him to clarify exactly what he’s done

“Told everyone that we took a week off for our honeys “We were needs It made sense”

“What?” I gape at him “What about the other teeks?”

“I paid so for you the rest of the year,” he explains casually As if it’s no big deal for soo to school for me

“Ryat …” I growl his na around to what he said earlier Did he say we? “You skipped that first week too?”

“I’ve skipped every day”

I gasp “Ryat! Why the fuck would you do that?”

“You expectedclasses while you were on the run and in danger?” he asks with a rough laugh

I snort “I was fine”

His eyes go large at the lie, any sense of playfulness now gone “Are you fucking serious right now?”

Instead of telling another one, I cross my arms over my exposed chest

“That rowls

“Because of you,” I spit out

He stiffens, his eyes darkening “Excuse me?”