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](et re-ve(nge on  her cheatin%)g%# e`;x-boy[/fri^?end. She will t [?utor h/?im to pull up $)his grades,:@= whil,e he pr!etends t=;o _`be her bo!)yfriend. Mia\ lays `^*down str^ict //ground ru$ les: every physical]*: to/uch comes wit+/h
an extra ch*=;arge.
As they spen@_(^d endless days s [tudying to?gether@ an/d pu?
%tting on a$- f-ake coup:-le, act, #und- ,eni[:able -ch=emistry blooms bet:^ween them. C_._.has$)e^! wil,?lingly pays ex tr^a for every=; in*ti #+m@[ate cro$#ssing of their boun\daries,+ and Mia see?;*,s past his flashy, cocky e$xterior to the b:^r:[oken loneliness hidden*! :de:ep inside him. Their con@(tractu^?)al performance  s!lowly b?lossoms int`o g!:enui
+.ne affection, until their ag:reem\`_+\ent :]/is mal!(i^ciously leaked_^, putting their b$udd !i ng lov^e t^=,o#@] t(he ultimate t\;est.