Iceblade was almost unfairly hot. Seriously, it wasn’t just Lucinda. Any girl would have a hard time resisting the way he flirted.
She stared at him, wide-eyed and flustered. “You… you…”
His smile just grew, all confidence and mischief. “You don’t believe me?”
“Stop it. If you keep this up, I’ll tell my parents and have them kick you out.” Lucinda didn’t know what was happening to her. For a second, she’d almost fallen under his spell.
“I’m not making anything up. I fell for you the moment I saw you. Can’t you tell?” Iceblade said, stepping closer, like he was about to kiss her.
Lucinda’s heart raced and she stumbled back, cheeks burning.
Maybe it was because Lydia had been making her feel so small lately, so hearing someone say they liked her instead of Lydia felt like a win. Ha, maybe Jay actually had good taste. Lydia wasn’t all that special anyway.
“You… you really like me?” Lucinda asked, feeling a sudden surge of pride. If Jay wanted to stick by her side, she wasn’t about to stop him.
Iceblade just blinked at her. “Did you need something, Lucinda?”
She hesitated, thinking it over.
He lowered his voice, almost conspiratorial. “Whatever you want, I’ll make it happen.”
Lucinda grinned. “So if I asked you to steal Lydia away from Connor, you’d do it?”
Iceblade looked surprised. “You’re into Connor?”
“That’s not your business. Just get Lydia away from him, and…” she trailed off.
“But I like you,” he said again.
Lucinda suddenly felt nervous. Lydia and Jay had gone to see Chris together earlier. Did that mean…?
“Lydia, you…” Kylie started, barely able to contain her excitement.
Lydia just put a finger to her lips, telling her to keep quiet.
Kylie caught on right away, her whole face lighting up. “Lydia, you’re incredible!”
Connor grabbed Lydia’s hand and pulled her out of her seat, calling the others to follow. “Come on, let’s go wait for Chris outside.”
Once they got outside, Cameron couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Lydia! Your mom and I always said NO1 reminded us of you. We weren’t wrong! It really was you! Lydia, sweetheart, you’re amazing. We are so proud of you!”
As he spoke, Cameron’s eyes started to well up.

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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