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“No, I need Riggs. I think I’ll go to his house to see what’s up.”

“Tonight?”

“After school. He should be home anyway,” I explained, hugging the book to my chest and sighing.

“Sounds like a plan. Ready to go to class?”

I nodded, but as we started to walk down the hall, Cedric and his friends stopped right in front of us with stupid grins on their faces.

“Can I help you?” I asked, my brows raised.

“Maybe. Do you offer your service only for older guys, or are we allowed to subscribe to you as well?”

I frowned at him. “What are you talking about?”

“Oh, no,” I heard Kennedy whisper, and I immediately realized what was happening.

Shit…

But, how?

“How’d you find out?” I asked, my mood getting worse by the second.

“Isn’t too hard to hack into this town’s system and find websites created around here when your father works as a security analyst. Kent’s big on encrypting and all that stuff too, you know?”

“Fucking great,” I muttered, taking a step toward them to hopefully pass them and leave.

But they wouldn’t let me.

“How’s this not making you angry?” he asked amused.

It was making me angry, but I didn’t care that they found out about my secret. I wasn’t going to let them turn this into something big.

“And what if I send the link to all my friends? Maybe even your father? It’s easy to find his email address on his business site.”

Those were empty threats. At least I hoped they were.

“Just leave me the fuck alone, Cedric,” I spat, trying to pass him again.

He grabbed my arms and pushed me back against the lockers with his friends moving in on us to form some type of wall to protect us from the other students walking down the hall.

I heard Kennedy struggle to get to me, but those boys wouldn’t let her.

“Here’s what we’ll do,Dove,” he whispered, his face close to mine. “You’ll let me fuck you, and I will not send that link to your father.”

What. A. Dick.

I stared back at him and shook my head. “Is this how you get girls to sleep with you? Threatening them? Is that really the best you can do?”

“No, it’s only you I have to be like this with. How come you open your legs for those old, disgusting men but you won’t let a guy like me show you a good time?”

I didn’t answer him, not wanting to make him cry. “Don’t be childish and take no for an answer for once. You’re making a fool out of yourself,” I told him, keeping my voice low this time.

He was still pinning me against the lockers, but the second he heard Mr. Trapani’s voice, he showed just how big of a coward he was and quickly let go of me as his friends also stepped away.

“What the hell is going on here? Did he hurt you?” Mr. T. asked with a concerned look on his face.

I rubbed my upper arm and shook my head. “No, no one can hurt me,” I stated, shooting Cedric one last glance before leaving with Kennedy right by my side.

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