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PIPER
I wore the skirt.
He’d asked, and it was his birthday. It was silly but putting the skirt on, knowing he’d like it, made me feel pretty. God, I was just like every other girl. Doing stupid stuff for a stupid guy.
I didn’t want to admit that maybe…just maybe…I was starting to like Hollin. We still fought like cats and dogs. But I was going to see him tonight, and my heart was skipping a staccato in my chest. I’d checked and double-checked my outfit. I’d put on my makeup meticulously.
Why? Why was I like this? Why him?
He was going to hurt me. Break my little frozen heart into shards. It should have been enough to keep me away from him. To reinforce the wall between us and never deal with what was inevitable. Yet the wall was crumbling. And I didn’t know how to deal with this
