DARE-TO-LOVE-TRUTH-AND-DARE-DUET-COLLECTION-by-Lylah-James-pdfarchive

you? On your own. Through your own hard work and
failures… and success on your own merits.”
Her eyes bore into mine, looking…searching into my
soul.
My jaw clenched and the muscles in my cheeks
twitched. “Thanks for the pep talk, Garcia. Do I need to
slow clap?”
“Still an unapologetic asshole,” she whispered. Lila
looked thoughtful for a second before she leaned closer, her
face a mere inch away from mine. “I dare you…”
Bewildered, I let out a laugh. “What?”
Lila didn’t laugh. In fact, I’d never seen her more
serious. The look on her face made me capitulate, and my
laughter turned into a coughing fit as she waited, patiently.
When I cleared my throat, she nudged her chin high and
gave me another one of her I’m-serious-right-now looks. “I
dare you to get into Harvard on your own, to keep your
scholarship without your parents’ help.”
I blinked.
Then blinked again.
She was kidding, right?
“Chop chop. Gotta work your ass off, Coulter.” Lila
paused and gave me a mock gasp. “Oh wait… don’t tell me,
are you chickening out? Gonna lose this dare? Tsk, so
disappointing. Here I thought the Maddox Coulter will
never turn down a dare.”
She was goading me, waiting for a reaction.
Fuck it.
She got me.
Lila got the reaction she wanted.
I gripped the back of her neck and brought her face
closer to mine. She had to lean forward, half of her body
bending over the table. Her lips parted with a silent gasp,
and her eyes darkened. “I accept this dare.”
Her lips twitched, and she smirked. Yeah, I was
definitely rubbing off on her. Miss Perfectionist was now a