The Invisible Girl's Revenge (Harper) novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193

Harper

I hated that Grayson said it first before Maddox.

I slowly turned around to face him, but I didn’t thank him or smile. I just stared at him.

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He still had the white long sleeved shirt from the previous night, the only difference was that it was now wrinkled like he had slept in it. His hair was messy and there were some dark circles under his eyes. He looked defeated and that was because he was. He had lost most of the awards and his plan failed.

Just for a second, I almost felt something close to pity, but I didn’t ask if he was okay.

I scanned his figure all the way down to his shoes and noticed that he had one hand behind his back. I didn’t even bother to wonder why he had done that.

Not wanting to waste any more time there, I turned around and was ready to leave when he spoke quickly.

“I got you a gift.”

“I didn’t need anything from you,” I said bluntly.

He gave me an annoying smirk. “I knew you were going to say something like that, but there’s no way you’re going to say no to what I got you.”

He brought his other hand forward and I noticed the gift bag dangling from his fingers.

I didn’t stare at it for too long as I looked back at his face and said, “I’m not interested.”

He stepped closer, lowering his voice. “I saw Maddox leaving. I was going to come to the suite because I figured you’d still be there.” His smirk grew wider. “I guess the universe wanted me to catch you out here instead.”

I rolled my eyes. “The universe isn’t on your side.”

He ignored that and extended the bag towards me. “Take it.”

“No.”

“There’s no need to be so hostile,” he said.

I snapped. “There’s no need for me to be hostile?”

He raised an eyebrow like he genuinely didn’t understand.

Before I could even stop myself, I snatched the bag from his hand. “Fine. Let’s see what’s so special.”

There was a flat box inside the bag and I hesitated to open it for a few seconds.

When I finally opened it, I instantly stopped breathing. It was an old photograph with faded corners. It was taken when the two of us were in our early teens. In it, there was me, Grayson and Anna Grayson and I were smiling too wide without a care in the world. And then there was Anna. She was holding my hand like she wanted to take me home as she had something to watch. I was at a loss for words as I constantly stared at her.

“Remember why I never wanted to give that photo to you even though it had your sister in it?”

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I didn’t answer, so he did.

“It was the only photo I had where my favorite football player can be seen in the background.”

I remembered how he wouldn’t shut up about that for months.

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“But you know what?” he continued. “You deserve that photo more than I do. You can consider it another apology for what I did the time I lied to you about her.”

I stared at the photo with a small smile. There was a time when it would have meant everything to me owning that picture, but that was before Kate gave me that memory card and I found so many pictures and videos of my sister. There were so many moments that always brought a smile to my face. Compared to that, Grayson’s photo was just one frozen second.

Just because it had my sister in it, I gently placed the photo back into the box, closed it, slid it into the bag and held it out to

him.

“Did you really think this was going to be enough?” I said bluntly.

He shook his head with disbelief. “What’s wrong with you? Can’t you see that I’m trying?”

I felt my anger rising. “Trying?” I repeated. “You’re acting like you’ve been some kind of saint, but you’ve been behind everything to do with Juliet and Claire.”

His eyes widened a little, like he didn’t have a quick comeback.

“I…” he trailed off as he had nothing to say. He had been caught.

Opening his mouth again, he said, “It’s not like that. I was just-”

‘I’m not interested,” I sharply cut him off.

I didn’t want to hear his justification, so I turned around again and started walking down the hallway.

Even when he began to call out my name, I didn’t look back. He called out to me again and again, frustration rising in his voice, but that made no difference to me. He was wrong to think that one picture was going to change everything.

When I stepped out of the elevator, Zoey was already pacing the hallway like she was waiting for breaking news.

The moment she saw my face, her excitement slightly faded. “Okay,” she said, walking towards me. “Why do you look like Something else happened just now?”

smacked my lips. “I just ran into Grayson.”

Her eyes widened. “And?”

We started walking down the hallway slowly as I said, “He wished me a happy birthday, but that’s not the worst of it.”

I told her about his gift and how he was behind everything to do with Juliet and Claire.

She stopped in her tracks with a gasp. “Oh, I would’ve slapped him hard!”

‘I thought about it,” I admitted. “But then I realized I didn’t even want to touch him.”

‘He makes me so mad. Hey, if you ever need back up…” she trailed off, dramatically cracking her knuckles.

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Despite my low mood, I let out a small laugh.

She noticed it immediately and grinned. “There she is!”

I was so grateful for her, because that day hadn’t started so well.

Bumping her shoulder into mine, she said, “Forget him. We have something more entertaining to deal with.”

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Her energy shifted fast into something mischievous as she rubbed her hands together like we were about to uncover lots of secrets and somehow, that chaotic excitement rubbed off on me.

By the time we reached room 502, I was actually curious.

We lingered casually by the wall as Zoey whispered, “Adrian texted about a minute ago that Ella’s awake and scrambling to get dressed.”

Not long after that, the door opened and both of us turned our heads in that direction.

Ella stood there with messy hair and a wrinkled dress, her jacket clutched in her hand like she grabbed it in a panic. She froze when she saw us on the other side.

Zoey and I glanced at each other, then back at her and that’s when we noticed those hickeys all over her neck.

“We knew that this would happen sooner or later,” Zoey said with a smirk of–satisfaction.

“Shut up.” Ella shut her eyes as she closed the door.

“Nope! So, was it good?”

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