VERITYI didn't know how long I knelt on the cold concrete.The students emptied out, leaving me shivering in the dirt. My scraped palms throbbed, stinging with grit and dried blood.I had absolutely nothing left. My scholarship was gone.My reputation was completely incinerated and the man I threw my entire soul at had abandoned me.I dragged myself up on shaking legs and started walking.I wandered the Manhattan streets for hours, completely numb.The sky bruised into a deep, dusky violet, and the streetlights flickered on, casting long, distorted shadows on the pavement.My frozen fingers found the hard plastic of the card sitting deep in my pocket… the one Adrian gave it to me.A wild, hysterical laugh bubbled up my throat.Fine. If I was going to be the ruined, gold-digging whore everyone thought I was, I might as well play the part to perfection.I found myself in the Meatpacking District, standing in front of a sprawling, exclusive lounge marked by heavy velvet ropes.The massi
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