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AVERY

Ava's words shook me but I didn't want Bella to get publicly humiliated so I just asked her to leave instead. She spared me one last glance, angrily grabbed her bag, and walked out to leave.

Luke and Bella came running to me but I just shunned them especially since I needed some time alone. I needed some time to myself and to think things straight.

“I can explain, she's just lying to you,” Bella tried explaining but I wasn't in the mood to listen to what she had to say.

“I need some time alone to myself,” I told her. She was about to say something but Luke was quick to stop her, grabbing her by the shoulders.

I felt a pinch of jealousy but immediately shrugged it off as nothing. “We should let him think, he'd come back around later on," he told her.

She felt hesitant at first but slowly nodded in response and made way for me to leave. I turned away from them and immediately made my way to the poolside. It was the best place for me to think after all.

Everything Ava and Luke said