""Please, don't leave!" she cried, her voice breaking as she followed me.
I didn't turn around. I couldn't. Because deep down, I knew that if I looked at her-just for a second-I might forgive her. And I couldn't do that.
"It's not what it looks like!" she shouted, desperation lacing her voice.
I heard the clicking of her heels as she tried to close the distance between us, but I quickened my pace.
"Cedric!" she called again, her voice breaking entirely.
The sound shattered something inside me, but I kept walking. She didn't deserve my forgiveness. Not after this.
"Please," she sobbed, her voice muffled and raw.β
In her seventh year as a student in Hogwarts the school of Witchcraft and Wizardy, Marianne Myers finds herself entangled in a whirlwind of misfortunes that threaten to upend her world.
Amidst the chaos, she crosses paths with Cedric, the charismatic and ever-reliable Hufflepuff Prefect, who, unbeknownst to her, has quietly admired the lovely Ravenclaw for years.
Just when it seems like Cedric might be her anchor through the storm, an unexpected turn of events tears them apart, leaving their connection fractured and uncertain.
But Marianne isn't one to give up easily.
Determined to rekindle what was lost, she'll risk everything to salvage their bond-whether it was love, friendship, or something in between.
*All rights reserved to J.K Rowling author of the book series this fanfic is based on "Harry Potter".
*Technological devices, such as phones, will be used throughout the chapters of this story.
*TRIGGER WARNING: this story contains scenes of physical, verbal and sexual violence.
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Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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