Sydney's Sanctuary
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I just wanted Riven to look at me. Not as the loud, annoying friend who writes his papers, but as a girl worth chasing.
Then I met him.
He traded my fishnets for silk ribbons. He replaced my loud laughter with polite silence. He told me that to catch a boy, I had to become a prize-something fragile, expensive, and out of reach.
It's working. Riven is finally looking.
But the more I become perfect, the more I realize... I'm not doing this for Riven anymore.
They say be careful what you wish for. I wished to be wanted.
Now, I'm never being let go.
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