Chapter Two: Professor Dawson's classroom smelled like old coffee and dry-erase markers, and Zara Cole had never wanted to be anywhere less in her entire life.She sat in her usual seat, third row from the back, the one close enough to the door that she could leave the second class ended without making eye contact with anyone. Today, though, leaving wasn't going to be that simple. Today, she had a partner.Ethan Blake sat down two seats away like he was doing her a favor by not sitting directly next to her. Zara noticed. Zara noticed everything about him already, which was exactly the problem."You could sit closer," she said, not looking up from her notebook. "I don't bite. Usually.""I heard the opposite, actually.""You heard wrong." She glanced up, catching the corner of his mouth almost twitching into something that wasn't quite a smile. "Or right. Depends on the day."Professor Dawson cleared his throat at the front of the room, and the class settled, though Zara kept half her
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