Chapter 33

After surviving that near-death experience and returning to campus, Serena felt like a different person. Life used to be so simple before the whole forced marriage drama—just school, a part-time job to make ends meet, and the rest of her time was basically all about Dylan. But ever since marrying Matthew, she kept forcing herself to stop thinking about Dylan. Still, he felt like a scar engraved too deep to ever really fade. "Hey, what are you zoning out for again?" Ivy took a sip of her drink, gave Serena’s arm a nudge, eyebrows raised in irritation. Serena gave a weak smile but didn’t say anything. She turned her head and pretended to be all into the basketball game. No classes this afternoon, so Ivy had dragged her out to "appreciate some eye candy" under the excuse of "getting some sun and fresh air to help you recover faster." Back in the day, she used to rope Ivy into watching Dylan play, too. Ivy would always shoot her the most dramatic eye-rolls while she fawned over Dylan and s