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this is gonna go horribly wrong

this paragraph bro.

His lips twitch. It's the same half-suppressed smile he wears when he's making his grand closing statement in a debate tournament, or when he knows the answer to a particularly hard question in class, or when he's making an impressive business pitch. It's the smile he wears when he's about to get what he wants. "Are you saying you find my presence distracting, Alice?"

‘[…] suddenly all too aware of the heat in my cheeks, the anger curled in my chest that no longer feels like anger, but something else.
Something worse.
“Just—whatever.” […] “Anyway. What was I saying?”
[…] “You were telling me how much you hate me.”

“Wait.” Something shifts in the black depths of his eyes. “You think I’m attractive?”

‘Secrets, I’m realising, are their own kind of currency.’

"Do you seriously hate me?" [...] “Well?"
I cross my arms over my chest, weighing out my response.
Yes, is the obvious answer. I do hate you. I hate everything about you. I hate you so much that whenever I'm around you, I can barely think straight. I can barely even breathe.’

convincing.

"You know," I muse out loud, "if it weren't for the fact that we hated each other's guts, we'd probably make an impressive power duo."
I expect Henry to raise his eyebrows at me as usual or make a cutting remark, but his footsteps suddenly slow beside me.
"Wait. We hate each other?"

i wish i had this man’s confidence