s, feeling a mix of fr

Ashton was wearing could cost as

ing for a full year, there was no way

hen Nova didn't immediately respond. "Look at you, Nova. Your bag barely cost

up, but seeing Tristan's obvious protective sta

r not, having such a handsome guy o

us went to school together, we know the s

just over a year. There's no

ensing the drama,

ally went south, they'd a

e on her and menta

ys have to react

e Nova squirm, was determined t

from a loan company onto

lion on the spot. I ran into someone handing out

ust borrow the money, pay Ashto

ebt, Nova," Emily

, talk about life after graduation, an

't trying to gang up on Nova. They just didn'

d to use this incident to

y real connection

on on Ashton, maybe he could pull

lanced disdainfully at the quiet

ve spent with me, I might consider l

, Selena, pretending to be fur

too nice-half a milli

n thick, praising Selena

e Ashton who's bo

l ja

what to say to m

up, Ashton was just

ad around how Nova snag

nd barking like dogs and bow down to apo

rned up the he

but since she was with Ashton

f their wilder t

le. He couldn't stop ogling Nova

t was getting h

ent she saw the real Ash

ng her hands, she probably w

ver fancy you. Thinking about bein

the drama and started

guys-they were

see Nova, the knockout,

rk before. We gotta tha

own an

ok for the cash, just wants an a

onged Ashton somehow, or why else would

d and borrowed that money, w

aded. Fifty thousand

and bark, then bow and apolo

ringing in Nova's ears as s

n't have b

into this mess, but it also p

ng to make a fool of herself, Tristan,

ool as he eyed Ashton, "How about this? You crawl and bark, and I'll giv