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.

was Clara’s idea. She said it would be best for the two of you to leave together so that you

one to throw me under the bus. She lives

eyes, “stop

We want to know everything! And don’t leave a single detail

for abandoning me last night. I

again!” Clara exclaims. “If you want to get closer to Carter, you’ll have to spend time alone with just the two of you.

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

my way. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t try to get close to him and instead try to

about last night. I wanted to

laughs, “Come on, Scarlett. It’s Carter Prince. He doesn’t do romantic. Everyone knows this, including me, and I would know plenty since I dated

sure how to answer 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,

I’m 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

he’s done, I know I must continue

happened?” Jenna asks; she seemed

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

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

I acted mean to him. For some reason, it seemed like he liked it when I was mean

happened next?” Jenna asks me, still listening intently. “I feel like I’m reading a novel, but it’s your life! How

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