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.

She said it would be best for the two of you to leave together so that

throw me under

her eyes, “stop being

on,” Jenna says impatiently. “You need to spill the tea. We want to know everything! And don’t leave a single detail

you anything for abandoning me last night. I thought I

you want to get closer to Carter, you’ll have to spend time alone with just the two of you. It’s something you have to get

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

“If we want him to fall in love with you, we must do things my way. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t try to get close

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

do romantic. Everyone knows this, including me, and I would know plenty since I dated him. But why do you ask?”, she pauses before her eyes widen. “Don’t tell me he did

happy to know he was falling for me or at least pretending to fall for me. But

unsure if I’m doing the right thing by lying to her, but I was scared of hurting her. 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 was only because he

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

are you ever going to tell us what happened?” Jenna asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the stories I had to tell from last

immediately came down to ask me what I was doing there. I explained that I might have been there to wreck his windshield for hurting Clara.

stood up for me, but I don’t think you should keep doing

what she’s speaking about. Carter seemed to be treating me better when I acted mean to him. For some reason, it seemed like he

listening intently. “I feel like

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