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Please don’t bring Sarah back around, Ryder.

I frowned. Where the fuck did that come from?

Xander

That is not what’s happening, Ari.

I figured it was time to shut that shit down before they all started writing their own fanfiction about what I was doing. Was Sass worried about Sarah, too? Fuck, I hoped not. I should’ve stuck with Ellie Newton and never given Sarah the privilege of breathing near me. Ellie caught feelings, though. Heavy ones. I knew I’d never return them, so I ended it the right way: clean, kind, extra respectful. I had a reputation to keep, after all.

Sarah was a different game entirely.

I wasn’t nice to her. Not even a little. She pushed boundaries on purpose, pretended she was more than a warm body, more than a temporary fling. Seeing Deadweight talk to her, then seeing Macy at the Nest yesterday, was more than enough to set my girl off. She overthought everything, built entire alternate universes in that pretty head of hers. I was already in the process of destroying every reason she might have to question what we were becoming. I didn’t want any wiggle room for her to ever doubt me.

I wouldn’t let her near me. She can’t set foot in my driveway.

Nick

See, no reason to worry. Especially you @Roxxi. We don’t need you going to prison, Vixen.

Roxxi

Daddy has too much money for me to go to prison, and I would never get caught. But if I did, could you imagine me in a uniform?

Rook

Would that actually be your main concern?

Nick

You’d look just as good in that as you do in everything else.

Roxxi

The slay would be immaculate.

Aw, Blackwell. That was so sweet.

I laughed softly.

Cici

Don’t start, y’all. We already have enough friendcest going on with Ryder and Sanj.

Ari

Friendcest??

Sassy

Wow. Thanks, Cloe.

Rook, I’m about to text you.

Why was she texting him? I wasn’t worried, just curious. I backed out of the chat and checked our message thread.

Sassy

FYI, I know you’re mad at me, but I’m mad at you too.

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