Chapter 75

“The fact you think it’s as easy as picking up a book and bingo,., all the years of doing nothing in class will fall away, and you will magically be on my level. Like I didn’t slog and work my ass off for years to even get here.”

I feel like he’s belittling my intelligence and all my effort, and I must admit it’s making me prickly.

“Babe….I have attended the same classes as you my entire life…I may not interact or apply myself, but I’m neither deaf nor blind and have taken in more than I was willing to.”

It’s definitely a brag, and it irks me a little that he seems to think he might be a competitor for me in class. That he could swan through life, never doing anything, and with just one click of his fingers, he could suddenly be a competent student. Viola, just like that, because he changed his mind and approaches everything in life like it’s no big deal.

I momentarily remember all the reasons he makes me rage and wonder if you can love someone while wanting t