Chapter 17: Tender Care

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[Lily] As he holds me tightly to his chest, I feel safe, even though my brain says that I shouldn’t. My brain is smart, but my heart is an i***t. So, to appease the worn parts of me, I keep my eyes open while I take comfort in how it feels to have his arms wrapped around me. I am, after all, only human. And although he is a complete and total bully and a complete jerk, right now, he is treating me with so much tenderness and care that I don’t know what to think. Could I have possibly misjudged him this entire time? No. Nyx wouldn’t lie about her story. I am sure every word of what she said about her pain and her suffering was absolutely 100% true. Looking up at him, the sunlight from the high windows in school makes his hair glow with bright golden light but casts his face in a dark s

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