Chapter 235

"You're wrong, Kasmine. He actally did. He led me on. And I don't think what he did after that is fair, she said.

I stared at her.

And for a second, I swear I thought I hadn't heard her right.

Kester? My Kester?

Led Claire on?

Claire stood still after those words. She looked like she was done hiding whatever had been eating her up all morning.

I stared at her, heart beginning to thump weirdly. "What do you mean he led you on?" I asked, trying to keep my voice steady. "Like... are you saying he flirted? What-what are you even talking about?"

She laughed under her breath, but it wasn't funny. Not even a little. Her arms folded across her chest like she needed to physically hold herself together.

"You remember that date I told you about?" she said, not looking at me. "The one where I said the guy was cold... barely looked at

me and never called back?"

was going, but my pulse had started to race anyway. I remembered that date clearly.

crushed, and I'd told her the guy sounded like an asshole not worth remembering. "Well," she said,

My ears rang.

"What?"

Your brother. He asked me out. We went for drinks and dinner at that exquisite restaurant off Silvergate Avenue. I didn't even know how to act. I thought maybe-maybe he had finally seen me and

had kicked a wall

never told me," I whispered, mostly to

night. I cried like a fool for days. But then..." She paused and pulled out her phone, flicking it open. "He started texting me again. Out of the blue. A few days later. And then he called. Asked if I was okay. Said he was sorry had been weird. That he was going through stuff. He sounded sincere, Kasmine. And I

he just needed time. Maybe he was warming up. But then... just like that, he went back to being the same cold-hearted asshole. No texts. No calls. Like those nights meant nothing to

what to say. My throat

Kester.

My own Kester.

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anything about it

couldn't look Claire in the eye anymore. I stared down at

suddenly

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churned in my chest. Shock. Betrayal. Hurt.

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