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I smirk. “I’ve never seen you fail at anything. So maybe you’re not trying that hard.”
“Yeah, that’s possible.” She glances at me. “It helps that you’re hot.”
“I had no idea you were so superficial, flower.”
“Well, it’s mine to appreciate, right?” She flutters her eyelashes and I really want to kiss her.
My chest is squeezing again, but this time it’s not with fear. It’s happiness. Gratefulness. I’m so, so grateful for this girl.
“Yeah. It’s yours.”
She smiles. “I can see it, you know.”
“See what?”
“The finish line.Usat the finish line.”
I smile. “Good.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CASSIA
My phone buzzes in my pocket as I rush across campus toward the science center, my backpack banging against my spine in uncomfortable smacks.
Another buzz. I make sure there’s nothing right in front of me I’m about to run into and then glance down at the screen.
It’s Sydney.
I slow my steps to read her messages.
SYDNEY:I turned down London. Staying in New York this semester.
SYDNEY:I told Harrison.
I stop walking entirely, barely registering the “Hey!” as someone bumps into me.
“Sorry,” I say, not looking up from my phone.
CASSIA:And???
Her responses to my texts lately have been sporadic and vague. We haven’t talked on the phone since she visited.
I was considering asking Holden if we could go to New York to see her after stopping in Pembrooke for the car wash this weekend.
SYDNEY:He proposed.
“Hewhat?” I screech when Sydney answers the phone.
As soon as I saw her text, I called her.
“I had to ask Finn Thomas for Harrison’s number, which was an awkward beginning. And then I called him, which was way worse. We made small talk for a few minutes, and then I blurted it out. There was alongpause, and then he asked if we should get married.”
“What did you say?”
“No thanks.”
I don’t quite manage to stifle my laugh. “How…uh, polite.”
