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Christian

"No, not at all."

"In that case, I’ll follow your instructions and put myself up for advertisement, since you would’ve done the same."

Those were the only words Christian heard over and over before he opened his eyes, with only one thought going through his mind. What did I do?

He reached for his phone on his nightstand and looked at the miss calls. Five from Serena, ten from Lucio—and a bunch more from everyone else.

When he read the time on his phone he was wide awake and jumped up.

1 PM

How could I even sleep in that late? He thought to himself and immediately made his way to the shower to wash off his sins.

He knew that his dad was going to serve him on a stick for missing the first important group meeting—and was pissed that Marc, who had put him in this mess in the first place was nowhere to be found.