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Summer was not enough. A lifetime would not have been enough. After I got back to Tealé Liam haunted me: the memory of his smile, the way he laughed, his lips pressed against mine. Even though we’d agreed to give each other space, we started texting, then talking, and two weeks after I got home Uncle Tody stationed Liam in Tealé.
While I’d managed to keep my summer romance under wraps and even downplayed the relationship to my family, the tabloids had covered Oliver’s exploits extensively.
The worst part of Oliver’s trysts being in the tabloids was that I didn’t care. When he kissed my cheek, he made my skin crawl. When we’d attended the customary firsts’ ball on the first of the month, it had been colorless without Liam.
The passing weeks, and Liam’s patience only made my malaise intensify till I’d finally dumped Oliver; I was finally free.
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