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'What is he talking about?'
Shelby took a couple of steps back. Her mind still refused to accept the reality in front of her.
"Da- I mean, James, please, what is going on? When did I trick you into doing anything? I don't understand anything going on here."
Shelby looked genuinely confused. She was so startled that she could not form coherent thoughts at all.
While she looked to be feigning ignorance in James' eyes, his anger skyrocketed.
He approached her steadily and stood right in front of her.
James clenched his fingers into fists and stared at the innocent-looking girl in front of him.
She looked so vulnerable that he wanted to take her away and 'protect' her from the whole world.
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