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His eyes darted over my shoulder for a second, but I didn’t pay attention to it.

"You’re not a whore, Soren. I know you feel something too. I know I’m not just another guy to you…"

Soren’s face looked like I’d just stabbed him. His gaze flicked back to whatever was behind me, so I turned around. A few feet away, Don was standing there, staring at us with narrowed eyes.

A wave of irritation washed over me, but I decided to ignore him. I looked back at Soren and said, "Please, just give me achance. You’ll be working at DevApp, maybe we could try to get a place together and—"

Soren let out a strangled groan. "Shut up, just shut up already. Forget it, I can’t be your boyfriend, and I never will be! I won’t go through that again, I won’t let myself be destroyed!"

His eyes were shut tight, his face twisted in pain.

"Soren, I truly—"

"Stop, or I’ll have to—"

"Please!"

"Don!"

His shout snapped me out of my desperate state.

Don walked over to us quickly.

"What’s up, Soren?"

I froze.

"Want a bj tonight?" Soren asked, with a twisted, ironic smile on his face.

"From you? Sure!"

I blinked in shock. Was I hearing this right?

"What? Soren, you can’t be serious, please—"

"Leave me alone, Skye. Think of it as dodging a bullet. You dodged a whore."

"No, you’re not… this. I won’t let you say that—"

"Yes, I am! For three months last semester, I sucked Ed and May's dicks for money! I don't need you, I don't want you! Get lost. Don and I have got some business to take care of!"

Shocked, I reached out and grabbed his hand, but he immediately pulled it back and took a step away. Don quickly slid between us.

"Back off, dude. He doesn’t want your lovey-dovey confessions. He finally wised up."

"Shut up, I’m talking to Soren—" I groaned, feeling like the ground was slipping out from under me. This felt like the worst nightmare, but the problem was—I couldn’t wake up from it.

"No, Skye, you’re not talking anymore. We’re done. Accept it."

"Please…"

But Soren grabbed Don’s hand and started walking away, pulling him along.

"Soren, please don’t do this, I’m begging you, don’t push me away, please!"

Maybe I was pathetic… but I couldn’t help it because I was so in love. I couldn’t just let it end like this. I couldn’t give up, so I ran after them. But Soren suddenly turned around and shoved me in the chest with both hands.

Somehow, that was enough to knock me off balance, and I fell to my knees.

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