บท 285: Heartthrob

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** Harper **

"You should've seen how popular he was in college." Julie swirled her red wine, idly watching the liquid clinging in a thick pattern to the glass. "We were always the center of attention at whichever party or club we showed up at. Imagine being swarmed by dozens of beauties at once! But he would only dance with me, of course, and that almost made a handful of my girl friends blacklist me completely from their little groups."