Valentina POV
Monday mornings at Westbridge University were usually chaotic. This one felt like a circus. The second I stepped into the student center, I knew something was different.
Nobody was staring at me.
Well, not as much.
For the first time in weeks, the whispers weren't following me. The campus gossip machine had discovered a brand-new distraction.
Clusters of students crowded around tables.
Phones were out; voices buzzed excitedly. Someone nearly ran into me while looking at their screen.
"Sorry!"
They didn't even recognize me. I blinked. That was new.
I spotted Chloe standing near the coffee line. The second she saw me, she practically sprinted over.
"Have you heard?"
"No."
"Oh my God."
"That phrase usually means I'm about to regret something."
Chloe ignored me.
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