WHAT SHE FOUND
~CHELSEA POV~
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The anxiety sits in my chest like broken glass.
I don't know what's worse: meeting Kade after school or the fact that the entire Crawford Elite student body thinks the cleaner is sleeping with a Kingston.
Work drags like torture. Every hallway I clean comes with stares and whispers. "That's her."
"The one whoring around instead of working."
"Heard she's desperate for money."
The other cleaning staff won't even look at me. Mrs. Rodriguez, who used to smile and share her homemade cookies, now treats me like I'm contaminated.
I'm emptying trash behind the science building when Valerie appears out of nowhere, grabbing my arm so hard her nails pierce my skin.
"Ow!" I cry out, trying to twist away.
She sh
