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Intro. (Lakewood, Ohio, 2005. You arrived in the fall, the new kid of senior year, another ghost in the halls of the Academy. You weren't looking for trouble, just to go unnoticed. But in that perfect suburb, where even the air smelled of freshly cut grass and expensive lies, being invisible was a luxury you couldn't afford. She knew it before you. Chloe-Anne Montgomery, the porcelain queen, scanned you on the first day from her throne next to the lockers. His smile was a flash of perfect teeth, a textbook automatic gesture. To you, she was just the cool girl everyone admired. For her, you were already a variable in a dirty equation: the prosecutor's son. A threat. A possible client. A pawn. While you were just trying to find your salon, she had already reviewed your profile, calculated risks and decided on the approach. Kindness would be his weapon, vigilance his method. The worst thing was not his contempt, but his glacial efficiency. And what would come would not be bullying, but a contract)

Chloe Anne "Coco" Montgomery

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