Chapter 33Aurora walked into Westwood High the next morning with her head held high, but her heart felt like it was shattering with every step. She gripped her books tightly, knuckles turning white from the pressure. She wore the prettiest smile she could manage one carefully practiced in the mirror a hundred times before leaving homebut inside, she felt hollow.Today, she had to be someone else: confident, detached, unaffected. Today, Liam Blackwood was a complete stranger.She spotted Liam almost immediately. He was leaning against his locker, surrounded by the usual crowdJessica draped across his shoulder, smiling sweetly as if she owned him, and the rest of the popular clique laughing at whatever joke he’d just made. Aurora’s heart clenched painfully, but she forced herself to look away.Jessica glanced up, locking eyes with Aurora, and smirked. “Oh look, Aurora’s here,” she called loudly, drawing the attention of the hallway. “Careful, girl, you might trip over your own insecuri
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