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The next day, Liam calls me, trying to gauge
whether I skipped questions for him.
I pretend to be all sweet, “Of course, babe!
You didn’t think I’d let you down, did you? I’m
so excited to go to college with you.”
Liam relaxes, “No, babe. I’m already looking
at apartments near campus. We’ll be together
24/7.”
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He’s such a liar.
Typically, that’s his cue for needing
something, “Hey, I saw these new sneakers,
and could you send over, like, two hundred
bucks?”
In the less than a year we’d dated, Liam had
used every excuse to get me to send him.
money. I was so head–over–heels, I always
did what he wanted.
To keep him calm, I send him money, but this
time it’s not two hundred, but fifty bucks.
“Honey, this is all I have left, please use it.” I
act like I’m sorry for not being able to send
him more.
His tone instantly changed “Hailey you’re so
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broke! You need to get a job!”
“Beep beep” He hung up before I could say
anything, but his messages keep begging for
money.
I sighed and sent it over.
Liam always played like he was loaded in
public, but he was actually always broke.
That’s why he constantly hit me up for cash.
When I found him with Tiffany, she had on a
brand–new Chanel lipstick that he bought for
her using my cash.
Tiffany probably didn’t even realize that the
lipstick was bought with my money.
That was when I learned that Liam had had a
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thing for Tiffany for three years.
She’d always turned him down, but then she
suddenly got with him after the SATS. It made
me wonder if there was something shady.
going on.
I also knew a secret about Liam that no one
else knew that he was my family’s
housekeeper’s son.
Yep, I’m Hailey, a rich kid. My parents don’t
want me flaunting it in school, so I always
wear the uniform and keep it low key.
When I was in elementary school, our
housekeeper, Mrs. Baker, had her mother
living with us for a few days.
When I saw Liam again, I immediately knew
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who he was. I was planning on telling him.
everything, that we were in the same
university – but instead, he had betrayed me.
I’ve been acting normal these past few days,
and Liam hasn’t gotten suspicious at all.
My counselor called me to school to get our
scores. We went over my answers multiple
times.
She smiled and said, “Hailey, if I’m calculating
correctly, you can get into any school you
want!”
I smiled back. “Well, I did go all in!”
I was bouncing with happiness as I walked
out of her office, and then, of course, I
stepped on a water bottle and slipped, going
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straight down face first –
Suddenly a pair of hands caught me, right
under my belly.
Yes, my belly.
“You alright?” A cool voice sounded next to
- me.
I looked up into the face of Ethan, the guy
who always aced the tests in our class. He
had a small mole by the corner of his eye that
just made his face all the more attractive.
I caught his eyes, and it felt like I was seeing
an ocean.
“Y–yeah, I’m okay, thanks,” I mumbled, my
face flushed, and I ran away.
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I was way too embarrassed. As I tried to run
away, I tripped at the corner and landed on
my behind.
I felt super humiliated, but behind me, I heard
a low chuckle. Who was laughing? I swear to
god it better not have been the handsome
Ethan!
