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Chapter 17: Busted!

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Annalyn’s POV

“What’s going on here?”

The voice filled the air like glass shattering.

I spun around and my heart launched into my stomach.

It was Clarissa.

She stood at the doorway, her brows knit in confusion, arms folded tightly across her chest. Her eyes bounced between me and Kristoff like she was trying to piece together a puzzle she didn’t want to solve.

Kristoff’s hand dropped from my wrist immediately, as if I had burned him. He took a careful step back, smoothing a hand over his shirt like he could erase the tension in the air.

“Clar,” he said, voice light and casual, “it’s not what it looks like. I can explain”

Clarissa’s eyes narrowed. “Sure I’d like to hear you explain what this is.”

Kristoff gave a practiced laugh, the kind he used to charm his way out of parking tickets and ugly truths. “I was walking past the room when I heard her sniffling, I looked in to see it was her. She felt embarrassed falling into the pool like that. That’s it.”

Her gaze slid to me. “Yo
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