Ryland's POVAfter hearing Payton's reasoning, I began to suspect that Thea had been the one who deliberately spread the news. After all, the only people at school who knew what had happened that night were Thea, Payton, and me.And looking at Payton, with tears streaming down her face and heartbreak written all over her, there was no way it could've been her.It wasn't until Dad put the pressure on that I became fully convinced Thea was behind it."We desperately need the Reeves family's financial support. I'm telling you to take this opportunity and propose to Thea now."One thing led to another, and each step pushed me further and further from the Thea I thought I knew. It all seemed so calculated. She had invited me to her house, gotten me drunk, spread the rumors, and then used my family's business crisis to tighten the noose.This wasn't the Thea I had grown up with, but I had no choice except to show up at her door and propose.Because I was marrying Thea, I had to break
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