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Chapter 56

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Nina.

I fiddled with the hem of my dress as soon as I had texted Jace. I shouldn’t feel this uneasy. I mean, lying to him was just as good as lying to some other random person—except it made me feel queasy, left me anxious for absolutely no reason.

“I’m sorry, is there anything going on in your mind? You haven’t paid the slightest attention to me. Is this the wrong time?” Derek asked, sounding genuinely concerned. He had stopped by and knocked, interrupting my studies. I remembered storming toward the door all giddy, thinking perhaps it was Jace.

But right after I’d seen Derek standing there, looking all meek and lovely, did I realized I was slipping. I couldn’t afford to fall for Jace—and yet, here I was, thinking about him while on a date.

“There? You seem to keep spacing out tonight. I shouldn’t have asked you. Do you feel you need to do this because I’m hurt? And you somehow think it’s your fault?” Derek asked. Thankfully, the toast was busy diverting his attention away from me.

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    NinaHe’s doing this again, once again. My heart raced, not from fear or anxiety, but from thrill. Poor Derek, always being on the receiving end of an assault — he deserved better. And Jace? I’d called his bluff, and here he was making the exact point he claimed he wouldn’t be making.“Let him go,” I spoke. My words slid off my lips, he tilted his head, his eyebrow zipped together in mock annoyance, obviously believing things would go just as he wanted.“Wrong, answer Nina,” he tutted as he spoke, twirling the knife in his hands.“I said, let him go,” I said more viciously this time. I was pleading, asking how he&rsqu

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    Nina.I fiddled with the hem of my dress as soon as I had texted Jace. I shouldn’t feel this uneasy. I mean, lying to him was just as good as lying to some other random person—except it made me feel queasy, left me anxious for absolutely no reason.“I’m sorry, is there anything going on in your mind? You haven’t paid the slightest attention to me. Is this the wrong time?” Derek asked, sounding genuinely concerned. He had stopped by and knocked, interrupting my studies. I remembered storming toward the door all giddy, thinking perhaps it was Jace.But right after I’d seen Derek standing there, looking all meek and lovely, did I realized I was slipping. I couldn’t afford to fall for Jace—and yet, here I was, thinking about him while on a date.“There? You seem to keep spacing out tonight. I shouldn’t have asked you. Do you feel you need to do this because I’m hurt? And you somehow think it’s your fault?” Derek asked. Thankfully, the toast was busy diverting his attention away from me.I

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