Our Scorching Summer (Perks & Benefits #2)
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Read between August 1 - August 4, 2024
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“It’s fine. I’ll call her later.” He smiles nonchalantly,
gabi
no date obviously
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Hey, universe. You’re obviously running through the motions here, and I already have everything I want, but if this isn’t entirely bogus, maybe cut Lily some slack? Okay. Thanks.
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Lily doesn’t break away from me. There’s not an ounce of resistance in her pliant limbs. 
gabi
could not be less into this right now
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“I’m not that loud.” “Sure, and I don’t stay up listening.”
gabi
…5% more interested than i was a page ago
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“Because you have a passion. I, on the other hand, feel like I was thrown into the driver’s seat of an adulthood car without any directions to the place everyone seems to be going.”
gabi
idk if i can do this for another 200 pages i need the im a writer ill drop out conflict to happen in about 5 pages or ill quit
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“I wish it was that easy for me to make money doing what I love.”
gabi
like this is so cliche? i’m not here for the innovation don’t get me wrong but she’s making me angry
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I get the hint she wants this secret. But secrets always have a way of revealing themselves. Especially if I’ve set my mind on digging them up.
gabi
alexa how do i kill a fictional character
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“Oh, Lily, I didn’t think it was a big deal.
gabi
i legitimately don’t care what kind of groveling he does or doesn’t do in the next 60% of this book, i hate this man and i hope he gets eaten by a shark
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“You don’t consider how your actions affect others. You’ve done it to me the entire time we were growing up. It’s always your priorities before others.”
gabi
if anything i’m glad i read this one first cuz there’s a chance i go back for this brother who so far does not make me want to drill into my skull
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Is this invading her privacy? No.
gabi
😐
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I click the pen open and scribble out an apology on a clean page in her journal. I’m sorry for leaving you, princesa, I promise it’ll never happen again.
gabi
🤨in her journal???? have i mentioned i hate him??
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“It’s why learning to take care of you is much sweeter.”
gabi
….he just went from a -100/10 to a -99
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my brain reverts to cavewoman status. Happy trail. Yeah. Follow the trail. Mhmm. Happy woman. Happy trail.
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Time to make an exception to my own decade-long promise.
gabi
guys no
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There was one book that caught my attention.” I hook my bait. “Coastal Fling.”
gabi
i’m out of words to describe my hatred
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I don’t think Nico is capable of snooping through my stuff and invading my privacy, but I won’t make it any easier.
gabi
not sure why you think that considering he sucks but okay
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Obviously, I’ve flown first class in the past,
gabi
i don’t like this (yes i’m just mad at everything) it wasn’t obvious and it makes it sound like oh yeah everyone’s done it even the girl who’s been broke this entire time
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“No.” “Brat.” “Prick.”
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It takes only a couple of seconds to find the folder I’m looking for and press delete. Lily doesn’t need these now that she has me.
gabi
YOU ALMOST HAD ME NICO NAVARRO I ALMOST FORGOT YOU WERE AN ASSHOLE
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“Yes, it’s under Zoe Mona.”
gabi
murder on my mind
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“I would crawl to the end of the fucking earth for a taste of you.”
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resist. do not give in.
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“Let’s not make this more complicated than it already is,”
gabi
i actually hate her
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Nico spent the summer being patient with me and proving to me, time and time again, that he was willing to grow and change, but I pushed him away. 
gabi
correct