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"Pride Before the Fall"

작가: June Calva
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-09-26 06:12:49

POV: Bea Sharpe

I was halfway to study room three, my heart hammering with nervous anticipation, when I heard Ben's voice drifting from around the corner near the library's main circulation desk.

"—honestly don't know why you're so concerned about Bea Sharpe's opinion anyway," he was saying to someone I couldn't see. "It's not like she's ever shown any interest in reconciliation."

I stopped dead, pressing myself against the wall as my newly hopeful feelings crystallized into something sharp and painful.

"Come on, Ben," came Marcus Webb's voice. "You guys were best friends for years. That has to count for something."

"Were being the operative phrase," Ben replied with casual dismissiveness that made my chest tight with renewed hurt. "Look, I'll admit I was probably too harsh about the whole situation back then, but let's be realistic. Bea's made it clear that she considers our childhood friendship an embarrassing phase she'd rather forget."

"Has she actually said that?" another voice a
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