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Once the decision was made, everything else followed suit.

“No,” he spat. Everyone looked at him, stunned. With a straight face, Chase continued, “He’s ugly.”

“No,” he spat. Everyone looked at him, stunned. With a straight face, Chase continued, “He’s ugly.”

“Both my personality and my face belong to me.”
“Oh, yes. They’re both parts of you, of course,” Josh agreed.
However, Chase seemed dissatisfied by his reaction. When Chase persistently and intensely glared at Josh as if to urge him to speak his mind, Josh gave in and continued honestly.
“But people get older and beauty fades,” he said. Chase jolted. Josh added like an afterthought, “I wonder if there would be anyone out there who would like you just for your personality alone.”