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.

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 to get

one to throw me under the bus. She lives

eyes, “stop being so

We want to know everything! And

roll my eyes, “I shouldn’t tell you anything for abandoning me last night. I thought I would have

to spend time

the problem,” I snap. “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

way. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t try to get close

There is something that has been bothering me about last night. I wanted to know if I was wrong about Carter. “Did Carter ever open his truck door for you

know plenty since I dated him. But why do you ask?”, she pauses before her eyes

or at least pretending to fall for me.

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

I think about what he’s done, I know

asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the

He 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. Of course, he didn’t believe me because I’m apparently too nice even to break someone’s windshield

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

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

happened next?” Jenna asks me, still listening intently. “I feel like I’m

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