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127: Sorry again

Author: Peace C
last update publish date: 2026-05-06 23:38:26

Liam's POV

I looked at her for a second without speaking.

Avery had gone very still across the table. She had her pen in her hand and she was looking at it rather than at either of us, which was her way of giving us space without actually having any. Zoey was looking at me with the patient expression she always used when she was saying something she had already decided on and was not going to be talked out of, and the library was quiet enough around us that I could hear the second hand on the c
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Zoey just showed more of her true colors. She is a "mean girl" through and through!!! Put her in her place, Liam. Get rid of her.
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