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et my entire world on fire

Or she could be the one to save me

I watch her peek her head into the kitchen, her eyes wandering over my body before they find my face

“Hi,” I smirk

She seeaze, or nervousinto the kitchen

“You can’t wear that” I tell her

Her eyes meet mine “Why?” she questions

I shake et ready and dress nice, so her jeans and t-shirt feel like she’s actively disobeying me

“Where are we going?” she presses

“Mikaela,” I sigh I can’t tell her, not yet “You said you would trust me, hmm?”

She huffs, a breath of air rushing fro on her heel

“So nice,” I call, and I know it makes me sound like an asshole “A dress, heels, ya know”

I hear herunder her breath as she marches up the stairs, I’m sure it's a slur aboutas she does it in private

Once we leave this house our act has to be perfect Flawless Everyone around us needs to believe that she’s in love with me and there's no way I killed her sister, or else this entire charade goes to hell

I watch her walk away frooes up the stairs