Lucille looked at Sawyer with undisguised admiration. "Sawyer, why are you even wasting your breath trying to reason with him?" Then she turned to me, her expression cold. "Clement, haven't you made enough of a scene already?"We may have grown up together, but nothing ever happened between us. You're the one who got the wrong idea. Sawyer is my boyfriend now. How much longer are you planning to keep chasing after me?"Finally, I understood what was really going on. Lucille had deliberately invited Sawyer here today so that, in front of both our families, they could put on a show of "adult maturity", make me look like the lovesick fool who couldn't take a hint, and humiliate me once and for all. Too bad they'd picked the wrong person. I gave Sawyer a cold look, ignored him completely, and slid the college application materials across the table toward Mabel. Then I asked again, "Which university are you planning to apply to?"Mabel looked completely caught off guard.
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