Chapter 11 : Campus Romance Drama

*Lily*

The weight of the paperback in my hands might as well have been a leaden slab, sinking me deeper into the floral duvet that adorned my bed. My eyes were set on the cream-colored pages, but the words seemed to mock me. I couldn't focus on them, my mind consumed by inner turmoil and confusion as I reminisced about my conversation with Adrian this afternoon.

"Jealous, Everhart?" Adrian's voice echoed in my mind, laced with that infuriating smirk I could see clearly in my head without him even being in front of me. "You can deny it all you want, but I see through you."

I closed the book with a huff. How could he be so full of himself? How come he assumed he knew me at all and could see through me so easily?

I tossed the novel onto my nightstand, feeling the corners of my mouth twitch downward.

Adrian Sterling was everywhere, invading my thoughts against my will. My fingers drummed against the mattress as I tried to pull myself together and understand my conflict.

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