Leo went back to being cold and held out his
hand.
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“I played two roles for you today, so that’s 200 bucks. Pay up, and I’m gone.”
Looks like I didn’t just fail to kiss the ass of a future billionaire, but I’d pissed him off.
There were only a few big shots in this whole story.
I couldn’t count on the main characters, and
now I’d ticked off the future number one. My life was over.
I had one thought: Don’t let Leo go.
“Let me explain. It’s not what you think.”
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In response, Leo just gave me a look that said, “Go on, lie to me.” I decided to go all in.
“I… I’m in love with you!”
“I fell for you the second I saw you. I faked the
injury to get you here. That 200 grand? It’s a
marriage proposal.”
Leo’s cold eyes seemed to soften a bit.
I went for it. “Yeah, I messed up. I fell for the wrong person at the wrong time. But don’t worry, I’ve changed my mind, woken up. I’m going to change your status from ‘future
boyfriend‘ to ‘business partn-“”
Before I could finish, Leo stopped me.
“Actually… it’s not impossible.”
I didn’t understand.
Leo said quietly, “I mean… loving me isn’t impossible.”
I wasn’t sure if that was the end of an episode.
Because the comments came crashing down around me.
“My heart just skipped a beat. Did she save a
galaxy in a past life or something?”
“Ahhhh, why did it have to end at the best part?
Guess I gotta wait another week.”
“Someone get the mont
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“Someone get the marriage license ready!”
“Calm down, he’s still a minor. Didn’t he say
he’ll be 18 in three months? LOL”
I thought things were getting weird.
But I couldn’t explain why.
That is, until I was cutting up fruit to bring to
Leo.
Hold up!
He was just a homeless kid.
I was doing him a favor by letting him stay here.
He should be grateful, so why was I serving
him?!
Leo looked at me when I asked. “I was happy.
sleeping under a bridge.”
Was he blaming me for being nosy?!
Leo saw I was getting mad, so he said, “Three months is a trial period. If you’re good, I’ll let you be my girlfriend.”
I don’t want to!
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Now that I was gone, Justin and Maisie should’ve been able to get together, right?
But Justin was acting like he was possessed. He was blowing up my phone.
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“Liv, I know there’s nothing going on with that
kid. Come back, let’s try again.”
“Can you just forget four years together? You
can’t be that heartless.”
“Liv, I can’t live without you.”
People were weird.
When we were together, he barely paid.
attention.
Now that we were done, he was all over me.
I didn’t want to read those lines, so I blocked
him.
Then I was woken up by my doorbell in the
middle of the night.
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It was Maisie… and a drunk Justin.
“He was drinking his sorrows away and called
you, but you didn’t answer, so the bartender
called me. He kept trying to find you, so I
brought him here.”
Maisie helped Justin to the couch. “Liv, I don’t know why you and Justin broke up. But
