She laughed again.And then again.And again.With each laugh, the hope in my chest dwindled, as if she had taken an axe and hacked at it. At first, I thought she was laughing from shock. But there was no mistaking the tone of the laugh that followed.It was mocking.My heart sank. Something unpleasant curled in my gut, drowning away the butterflies. As she kept laughing, I felt everyone’s attention on me, and I wanted to run.“L-let me get this straight,” Annalise wheezed through her giggles. “Oh, Revon, you’re so adorable. But you think I will date you?”My mouth was bitter. Finally, I found my voice.“You can just say no, you know,” I wanted my tone to be careless and annoyed, but instead, I sounded like I was close to tears.“Awww, don’t be like that,” Annalise cooed. “You’ve always been a friend to me, Revon, ever since we were children, and I never saw you like that. You and me together, that’s absurd!”For a moment, my spirits lifted. Maybe she laughed because the idea was ridi
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