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Was she planning to apply? That didn’t make sense—she hated Manila. She could go for remote classes, but why would she need me to go to the registrar for that?

Wanting answers, I decided to call her.

Surprise, surprise—she rejected it.

Alonzo

You have to give me more details than that.

Cam

i need my cert of honorable withdrawal. i requested it online bt they cant ship it here.

My jaw dropped.

Alonzo

Hold on. You went to State U???

Cam

can u get it?

Alonzo

Sure, but I need to know what happened.

Cam

no u don’t

Alonzo

I’m serious. It’s an actual need.

Cam

nvm. lose this num

I called her again. This time, it didn’t even go through. She’d either switched off her phone or blocked my number entirely.

Way to go, Alonzo.

I’d known that Cam had no tolerance for games. Despite her needing a favor, she wouldn’t bend over backwards to get it. She would rather inconvenience herself to prove she could do it on her own.

I shouldn’t have cared either way. We weren’t friends. I didn’t even know much about her?—

Aside from her surfing and tattoo skills. The soft side she hid beneath her hard shell.

And the way she felt against me.

Shit. I shouldn’t be thinking about that. The kiss was hot, but it was a one-off thing.

Still, she was right—I owed her. She wouldn’t have asked for help if she didn’t really need it, and the favor was simple enough.

The least I could do was try.

Chapter Twenty-One

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