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53 | Girl, Disrupted
◇ KEL ◇
12:35AM
In the quiet of my own room, the moment my brain just gave up and stopped processing the glossary terms in my new Pharmacology book, I heard my phone beep.
New message? I glanced at my nightstand clock. Well past midnight.
Probably just Gaia, texting me goodnight. I had asked Gaia to come over again to keep me calm and semi-normal. Unfortunately, my best friend wanted me to deal with Miles on my own.
"Just play his game," was Gaia's poor advice for me. "And tell him you don't need him, or his filthy rich family and shady connections."
Out of burning curiosity and anxiety, I got up from my desk to check my phone. My heart jumped when I read his alias on the screen. Yep. I had to use aliases now—actually his request.
"Still up?" his text read.
"So now you feel like texting me?" For a long minute or two, I just stared at his message. The diminutive voices in my
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