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Chapter 10: I imagined it all.

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~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~

"Uh, hi," he says, glancing back over his shoulder. "You must be Mariah."

Before I can answer, I hear Rain's voice from inside the apartment. "Jackson, who's at the door?"

"Your neighbor," Jackson calls back.

When Rain appears behind him, my heart does that familiar flip when I see him. But something's wrong. He won't quite meet my eyes, and there's tension in his shoulders that wasn't there before.

"Hey," he says, his voice carefully neutral. "How was Milwaukee?"

The casual tone throws me off balance. Yesterday he was texting me about missing me, about needing to see me. Now he's acting like I'm just a neighbor making small talk.

"It was fine. Good." I try to catch his eyes, but he's looking everywhere except at me. "Can we talk?"

Rain glances at Jackson, then back at me, still not making direct eye contact. "I'm actually busy right now. Maybe later?"

The dismissal stings, but I push forward. "It'll just take a minute. Please?"

"Look," Rain says, his voice taking
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