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Ah, so she was on my case. I refrained from rolling my

eyes and shrugged instead. “I don’t care.”

“So, you’re okay with not playing football after high

school and losing your scholarship?”

That made me pause.

I didn’t care about school or Harvard… but football was

my kryptonite. Similar to how Lila was my favorite drug of

choice, sweet and so fucking addictive.

I was MC – Maddox Coulter, Berkshire’s reckless

quarterback and Casanova.

But there was just something about Lila that kept me…

grounded. It wasn’t exactly a bad thing but it wasn’t a good

thing either. I didn’t like how she could get under my skin,

and I didn’t like how she could read me so easily. It made

me feel… weak, like that time in the closet. She saw

everything I didn’t want anyone to see. And even now, she

could see through me.

“It doesn’t matter. I’m getting into Harvard either way.”

“Because your parents are going to buy your way into

Harvard. Gotcha.”

My head snapped up at the tone of her voice. She

sounded… disappointed. In me.

My parents were on the Board of Directors for Harvard.

It didn’t matter if my marks weren’t good, I wasn’t going to

lose my scholarship. They’d make sure of it. After all, that

was all they ever did for me. Pay my way through

Berkshire, throw a cheque at me, give me a fancy car for

my birthday although they were never actually present on

the day… it was all ever materialistic to them. Harvard was

no different. Maybe paying for me to get in Harvard would

actually remind them they did in fact have a son.

“You’re getting into Harvard because of your parents.”

She paused, giving me a look as she studied me. “How

about for once in your life, you don’t depend on your

parents’ money and reputation. Why don’t you do it for

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