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Chapter369 Chapter 369 Leirastaredatthemessage,zoningoutforamoment. Leira stared at the message , zoning out for a moment . Freshoutoftheshower,Janiceasked,“Lemira,what’sgotyoudaydreaming?” Fresh out of the shower , Janice asked , “ Lemira , what’s got you daydreaming ? ” “Whatdoesitmeanwhenaguysayshewantstotalkaboutfeelings,notfinances?” “ What does it mean when a guy says he wants to talk about feelings , not finances ? ” Janice’sfacelitupwithintrigue.“Couldbeoneoftwothings.” Janice’s face lit up with intrigue . “ Could be one of two things . ” “Dotell.” “ Do tell . ” “First,he’sintoyou,tryingtodropahint.” “ First , he’s into you , trying to drop a hint . ” Lemirashookherhead.“Noway.” Lemira shook her head . “ No way . ” “Then,it’sthesecondoption:he’slookingtohook upwithoutspendingadime.GoingDutchwithoutevensplittingthebill.” “ Then , it’s the second option : he’s looking to hook up without spending a dime . Going Dutch without even splitting the bill . ” / <![CDATA[ / fpm_start( "true" ); / ]]> / Lemiracouldn’thelpbutlaughatthethought.Thatwasevenlesslikely. Lemira couldn’t help but laugh at the thought . That was even less likely . Sheglancedatherphoneandrepliedwithjustanellipsis. She glanced at her phone and replied with just an ellipsis . Orionsawherresponseandmutteredtohisdrivingboxingcoach,“ThatplasterIsentlasttime,havethedeliveryguydropoffanotherbatch.” Orion saw her response and muttered to his driving boxing coach , “ That plaster I sent last time , have the delivery guy drop off another batch . ” Thecoachnodded. The coach nodded . Headingstraighttotheirusualhangoutspot,Orionsatdownandpinchedthebridgeofhisnose. Heading straight to their usual hangout spot , Orion sat down and pinched the bridge of his nose . Thaddeusapproached,“Yo,Orion,what’swiththearm?Gotyourselfapinkband–aidfortressthere.” Thaddeus approached , “ Yo , Orion , what’s with the arm ? Got yourself a pink band – aid fortress there . ” Theotherscrowdedaround, “Damn,itreallyispink.” The others crowded around , “ Damn , it really is pink . ” Oneofthemreachedfortheband–aid,onlytohaveOrionsmackhishandaway,“Don’ttouch.” One of them reached for the band – aid , only to have Orion smack his hand away , “ Don’t touch . ” “Man,you’reprotectiveoverapeelingband–aid?” “ Man , you’re protective over a peeling band – aid ? ” “Itmustbespecial.Agirlputitonyou?” “ It must be special . A girl put it on you ? ” “Pinkband–aids?Mustbeayoungone.Sheevenlegal?” “ Pink band – aids ? Must be a young one . She even legal ? ” Orionfrowned,“Backoff,allofyou.Don’task.” Orion frowned , “ Back off , all of you . Don’t ask . ” baddeusclearedtheonlookersandsatdown,“Lemira’swork,huh?” baddeus cleared the onlookers and sat down , “ Lemira’s work , huh ? ” Oriondidn’t denyit. Orion didn’t deny it .

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googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1740295285127-0'); }); “Why’dyousuddenlytextme tocutDorianofffromhisallowance,banninghimfromBistrova?” “ Why’d you suddenly text me to cut Dorian off from his allowance , banning him from Bistrova ? ” “Alesson!” “ A lesson ! ” OrionrememberedEvelinaflauntingearlier,eagertostandupforLemira. Orion remembered Evelina flaunting earlier , eager to stand up for Lemira . Aftersharingthestory,Thaddeusclickedhistongue,“ThatEvelina’sarealpieceofwork.Don’tworry,I’vegotthis.Edithhatesthatfakeinnocenttype,especiallythoseplayingpoor.” After sharing the story , Thaddeus clicked his tongue , “ That Evelina’s a real piece of work . Don’t worry , I’ve got this . Edith hates that fake innocent type , especially those playing poor . ” Orionsippedsomeredwine,holdingbackanotherissue. Orion sipped some red wine , holding back another issue . “What’sup?” “ What’s up ? ” “Nothing.” “ Nothing . ” HethoughtofLemirachattingwithMatthew,bothyoungandofthesameage. He thought of Lemira chatting with Matthew , both young and of the same age . Thethoughtmadethewinetastebitter. The thought made the wine taste bitter . Thenextday,Lemirareceivedagenerousdeliveryofplaster. The next day , Lemira received a generous delivery of plaster . Shesnappedaphotoforhimandtransferredsomemoney. She snapped a photo for him and transferred some money . Then,sheheadedtoclass. Then , she headed to class . Janicewhispered,“Boyfriend?Orsomeoneinterested?” Janice whispered , “ Boyfriend ? Or someone interested ? ” “Neither,justafriend.” “ Neither , just a friend .” Changingthesubject,Lemiramentioned,“There’sagamingcommunitybanquetthisweekend.Lotsofinsiderswillbethere.Youin?” Changing the subject , Lemira mentioned , “ There’s a gaming community banquet this weekend . Lots of insiders will be there . You in ? ” “Sure,soundsinteresting.” “ Sure , sounds interesting . ” “We’llgotogether.” “ We’ll go together .” 08:00 08:00 Lemiraalsoneededtosecuresomesponsorsatthebanquet. Lemira also needed to secure some sponsors at the banquet . Soon,herphonepinged.HopingforOrion’sreply,shechecked,butitwasn’thim. Soon , her phone pinged . Hoping for Orion’s reply , she checked , but it wasn’t him . Michelmessaged,[Don’tforgetthisweekend’sdinner.] Michel messaged , [ Don’t forget this weekend’s dinner . ] [Iwon’t.] [ I won’t . ] Afterresponding,sheglancedatherchatwithOrion–noreply. After responding , she glanced at her chat with Orion – no reply . ShenoticedthesamewithMatthew. She noticed the same with Matthew . MaybeMatthewmisunderstoodhertoo. Maybe Matthew misunderstood her too . ShemessagedMatthew,[Ithinkyougotmewrongearlier.Iwasn’ttryingtodigforweaknessestomakeyoubackout.Thatwasn’tmyintention.] She messaged Matthew , [ I think you got me wrong earlier . I wasn’t trying to dig for weaknesses to make you back out . That wasn’t my intention . ] Aftersendingit,Lemirafeltherexplanationwasabitfar–fetched. After sending it , Lemira felt her explanation was a bit far – fetched . OrionmentionedMatthew’smomdisapprovedofgaming. Orion mentioned Matthew’s mom disapproved of gaming . CouldMatthew’sdropoutlasttimehavebeendueto family,notwhatshesuspected? Could Matthew’s dropout last time have been due to family , not what she suspected ?

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