ng, school fel

s and sharing snacks like always. But we had different schedules now, bar

ame in. College a

to the back of the school near the benches, barely able

irst. "Oh my G

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ream school. I quickly checked m

it ap

epted into Luxe University – Busin

led in my eyes. "Da

hem. But deep inside, a shadow lingered. Luxe wasn't cheap. My mother couldn't afford it. I could on

to make it special. The workers did a lot of work, I stayed over an

uldn't e

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breaking in way

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been the type to

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his right now

er. "Did I do s

e said ev

out, brushing my c

on't. Please.

ned. "Tell me

, my throat burn

fro

ce shaking. "We... we sp

word love. I didn't kn

and I saw it raw, un

down Ken's cheeks. "I knew it. I k

ou," I sobbed. "I didn't

e," he said broken

't love anyone, Lia. He never has. And he never will. He'll use yo

to my knees. I had never seen Ken cry bef

ing my face and tr

vision caught eve

re Heir Ruben Saint Accu

art s

's voice echoed

uben is secretly involved in a same-sex relationship, despite public denials. The scandal comes just days before a billion-

illed t

dn't

t to Ruben's private study.

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ght we spen

tore throu

urning down my face. "You took pictures of

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hed for a document on t

sita

his hand

rom him, my fin

a con

years before either party ma

read anymore, it wa

ut, eyes scanning the page

s chair, cal

he said, "and the pictu

at him in

with a mocking smile. "Once we're married, you'll

said you still haven't grown up. But I'll t

pen beside t

when you'

speak. Co

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dn't

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use I wa

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