Chapter 281

~SCARLETT~

My sister and best friend were not giving me a chance to breathe. They were throwing questions at me, one after the next.

I didn’t want to remember anything about last night. I wanted to forget last night ever happened.

“You need to tell us what happened last night between you and Carter!” Clara repeats as Jenna joins us in the car. It was the next day, and I was still in shock and scarred from last night, and it was all these two traitor’s fault.

They abandoned me when I needed them the most.

How could they have left me to deal with Carter on my own?

How could they let him drop me home?

“I can’t believe the two of you!” I snap. “You guys are such traitors. How could you let me leave with Carter all by myself? Do you even realize how awful that was for me?”

A part of me knew that wasn’t entirely true. It wasn’t completely awful, but that wasn’t something I was ready to admit.

the two of you to leave together so

my sister would be the one to throw me under the bus. She lives to

eyes, “stop being so

“You need to spill the tea. We want to know

shouldn’t tell you anything for abandoning me last night. I thought

to get closer to Carter, you’ll have to spend time

the problem,” I snap. “I don’t want to get closer to him. I’m only doing this

things my way. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t try to

have a question for you,” I tell my sister. There is something that has been bothering me about last night. I wanted to know

It’s Carter Prince. He doesn’t do romantic. Everyone knows this, including me, and I would know plenty since I dated him. But why

me or at least pretending to fall for me. But on the other, she would be sad that he was so quick

She was going through enough already. I knew she didn’t choose the best way to deal with her heartache, but she was my sister, and she wasn’t a bad person. She’s never wished bad on anyone except Carter, but that

think about what he’s done, I know I must continue

Jenna asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the

doing there. I explained that I might have been there to wreck his windshield for hurting Clara. Of course, he didn’t believe me because I’m apparently too nice even to break someone’s windshield or anything

I’m happy you stood up for me, but I don’t think you should keep doing that around him. We want him to start liking you. You’ll need to try at least to be

about. Carter seemed to be treating me better when I acted mean to him. For some reason, it

intently. “I feel like

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