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I get she’s upset, but she’s not looking at the big picture.
“You said you wanted honesty, right? Well, the only way I can give you that is if you stop walking away and hear me out.” I hold her gaze. “What I did was wrong.”
She studies me for several agonizing seconds before she waves a hand. “And?”
Isn’t me admitting I was wrong enough?
“That’s it. That’s all I got.”
She pushes me out of the way. “You’re ridiculous.” Rage flashes in her orbs. “Did you really think I would fall for your stupid flirty bullshit?” She laughs to herself. “Oh, God. Of course you did. You probably thought the fat girl would be so desperate for your attention she’d fall at your feet, huh?”
Whoa. This is an unhinged side of her I’ve never seen before. “You’re not fa—”
“Fuck you.” The finger in my face is back. “I was there when you declared it to the whole entire school, remember?”
She doesn’t understand. If I hadn’t done that, everyone would know something happened between us. “I didn’t—”
“No. Don’t stand there and try to defend or excuse what you did in order to get me to go along with your dumb bet.”
Swallowing my pride, I whisper, “I’m sorry.”
“Take your apology and shove it, Covington. I want nothing to do with you. Not now. Not ever.”
My stomach knots. I’m losing.
I can’t lose.
“Then make me pay,” I say in a last-ditch effort before she leaves. “If you agree to be my girlfriend, it would not only make me eat my words publicly, it would give a giant middle finger to everyone who ever made fun of you. All the people who think you’re not pretty or ski