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“Come on Savannah. Can’t we just talk about this?”

He’d managed to convince her to speak to him after football practice one night, although their conversation was being overseen by half the team and cheerleading squad. That was the problem with having such a high-profile relationship. Everyone was always watching.

“What do we have left to talk about, Ryan? You have feelings for my freak of a step-sister. Why would I want to be with you after finding that out?”

Ryan ran his fingers through his hair. If he was truthful with himself, he wasn’t even sure why he was fighting for Savannah. Yes, they made sense. But was there really any compatibility there? Especially when she was looking at him like this with that sour face. But he’d been happy before Mia had come along. Everything had made sense. He just wanted everything to go back to normal. His home life was so messed up, that he just wanted this part of his life to