Chapter 54

Nina’s POV

I don’t want to show my fear yet, the thought of Clarence spreading it to the whole school and worse, to the whole town that I’m involved with Luca de Milano. And I just started being comfortable around him now!

Clarence stares at me for a second before his face brightens, like an imaginary light bulb lights up above his head. Then he leans to grab my chin, rather forcefully.

“My, Nina, do you really think of me that way, huh? Well, I can’t blame you after what I did to you recently.” He chuckles, darkly.

I push his hand away as I glare at him. “Then, what do you want from me then?”

Clarence hums a bit, walking around in circles. “I honestly wanted to be on Luca de Milano’s good side but I guess that’s already crossed out from the list.” He then faces me with a grin.

“Say, parvenu, I started to like you. You have been such an entertainment from the very beginning.” He pauses for a while as he leans dangerously closer to me.

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