“I pretend not to care,” he says, voice low. “But I read your article. You believe people can be better. I want to know what that feels like.”
“No,” she replies. “You don’t.”
He laughs. “Impossible.”
The Wager of Winter
She touches his face. “You don’t have to be cruel to be strong.” cruel intentions -1999-
For the first time in his life, Sebastian does not have a line. He shakes his head.
He kisses Annette. It is tender. It is also a lie. “I pretend not to care,” he says, voice low
Meanwhile, Kathryn runs her own parallel game. She seduces and discards a sweet-natured sophomore, Cecile, not for pleasure but to keep her claws sharp. She also toys with Annette’s ex-boyfriend, a decent but naive boy named Ronald, feeding him lies about Annette and Sebastian to create chaos.
“The cruelest intentions are often the most honest. The kindest hearts, the most dangerous.” I want to know what that feels like
He cannot go through with it.