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.

“it was Clara’s idea. She said it would be best for the two of you to leave together so that you could get closer to him. But did that happen? Did you happen

knew my sister would be the one to throw me under

eyes, “stop

Jenna says impatiently. “You need to spill the tea. We want

eyes, “I shouldn’t tell you anything for abandoning me last night.

being dramatic again!” Clara exclaims. “If 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

“I don’t want to get closer to him. I’m only doing this for you. Don’t I have a say in how I

my way. If it were up to

something that has been bothering me about last night. I wanted to know if I was

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

this question. On the one hand, my sister would be happy to know he was falling for me or at least pretending to fall for me. But on the other, she would be sad that he was so quick to care for me when he never did anything

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 hurt her first. And he did it in

done, I know I

what happened?” Jenna asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the stories I had to

was doing there. I explained that I might have been there to wreck his windshield

stood up for me, but I don’t think you should keep doing that around him.

when I acted mean

me, still listening intently. “I feel like I’m reading a

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