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Chapter 4

Author: Fish Cares
I looked at him but didn't pull my hand away. Instead, I asked coldly, "Quentin, what exactly are you trying to do?"

He leaned against my shoulder and let out a quiet breath, like an abandoned puppy. "You pulled your funding. You quit the student council. You even chose to back down. You never used to back down. Before you went overseas, you told us that this marriage was nothing more than a business arrangement. You said we were just options you were considering. You said you would never fall f
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