A SUDDEN INVITATION

Mary's lips trembled. Her body paralyzed her from even moving an inch. She begged as her eyes welled up. "Ben… please don't do this to me! I can take anyone's hatred, but I cannot take yours!"

"That is precisely what you get after hurting her and harming me. If you loved me, you would have let me be happy. You only wanted to have me like that competition trophy and nothing more," Benjamin warned her, "so don't get cocky just because I hid the truth and let you dance in my school. Think of it as a favor and do whatever I tell you to do."

He stood up and added, "She will come tomorrow around 5 pm. Be prepared." Saying that, he turned around and left. Mary was sitting there alone, crying silently.

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