Rewriting Fate with My Apex War Goddess (by Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 Not an Object

“I said we could still be friends. If you keep acting like this, I’m going to…”

Steven cut her off with a raised hand.

“Stop right there.”

Lilliana blinked.

“Lilliana,” Steven said, “do you have any idea how self–centered you sound right now?

“What do you mean I found her just to spite you?

“Do you ever get tired of making everything about yourself?”

The color drained from Lilliana’s face.

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“Let me be completely clear with you. I don’t have feelings for you anymore. Stop coming to bother me, and go back to being the campus beauty you love being so much.

“You’ve still got Timothy and his whole crowd falling over themselves for you.

“So spare me the wounded act.

“Bianca isn’t some prop I brought along to needle you. She’s Bianca. She’s a person, not something you get to rank against yourself.

“Show some respect.”

Both Bianca and Lilliana went absolutely still at the same time.

But for completely different reasons.

Bianca’s eyes had gone bright and glassy with emotion. Her chest ached with a warmth she hadn’t expected.

The shame that had been curdling inside her just moments ago dissolved completely.

In his eyes, she’d never been the lesser one. She’d never been something that could be tossed aside or compared against someone else.

She looked down at her wrist where Steven’s hand still rested.

Something warm and quiet settled deep in her chest.

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Lilliana’s chest was a different story entirely. It felt hollow, like something had been removed from it without her permission.

He snapped at me!

A hot, stinging wave of anger rose through her, tangled up with something thinner and more fragile underneath it.

“You…”

Steven let out a short, dismissive breath. “Figure out where you actually stand before you start talking.

“You’re beautiful right now, and sure, everyone in this school treats you like you hung the stars. But that doesn’t mean the whole world revolves around you.”

Lilliana’s chest rose and fell in sharp, uneven beats. Her skin had gone flushed, a vivid, furious pink creeping across her cheekbones.

It was the first time any boy had made her feel like this.

“Steven…”

Steven looked at her flatly. “Something else?”

“You are going to regret this.”

Steven laughed, open and genuine.

He would not. He already knew what Lilliana became. He’d been in the presence of the Ember Eternal. Why would he trade that for a campus beauty?

“Lilliana,” he said, his voice still easy. “Let me ask you something.”

She stared at him.

“If you’re an S–rank, would you genuinely be friends with someone who’s B–rank or C–rank?”

“Of course I…”

The words formed in her mouth and then stopped dead.

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