Sophia’s POVThe inside of the car fell into a deep silence for quite a while. The air felt thick, heavy with the smell of Lucian’s expensive cologne and the faint, lingering scent of the spicy street food I had just been eating. It was a clash of two worlds, his world of cold marble and billion-dollar deals, and my world, where I was just trying to breathe again.Lucian turned his head slowly to look at me. His eyes were dark, like the sky right before a massive storm hit the city of Blackwood. He looked at me with so much judgment it felt like a physical weight on my chest."Because I think that you are stupid," he said, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous vibration. "There is something wrong with your brain, Sophia. You’re blind.""I really am..." I broke into a bitter laugh. I felt the sting of tears, but I forced them back. I looked at him, at his perfectly tailored suit and his arrogant posture. What was he even doing? He has hated everything about me since the second he step
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