“You've got to be kidding me...”
Rolling his eyes he scoffed “just say yes. I know you need the money.”
He wasn't wrong there, but I had a feeling I was going to regret this.

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Deidra wanted to have a normal college experience just like everyone else, but the last thing she had anticipated was her fourth grade bully to come running back into her life asking her for help. Inheritance clauses, last-minute wills, and a free ticket for her undergrad years to be paid in full?
What more was there to say, except that Wes wasn’t someone easy to work with.
He was more likely going to be more trouble than the money is worth.

It Had To Be You is created by Scarlett Rossi, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

It Had to Be You

My thumb hovered over the send button as I read over my text to Dee. It sounded too formal, too stiff to be a text between colleagues trying to see if the other was all right. Colleagues? I hovered over the send before I backed out, deleting what had taken me so long to write in the first place. I think it was safe to assume we were more than just colleagues…


“Can you believe that little bitch!?”


Eva had her back to me. The ring light was on, but this time in its proper place at her vanity. She had several makeup pallets open. Now that the live stream had ended, she was doing her damnedest to erase the tiny cut Dee had opened up on her cheek. Imperfections, for Eva, were unmentionable.


“My roommate.” She uncapped her mascara, feathering her lashes with it. “The dumpy little Goth chick. That one.”


Chapter 23 : We Don’t Care…