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.

smile, “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

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

eyes, “stop being

says impatiently. “You need to spill the tea. We want to know everything! And

“I shouldn’t tell you anything for abandoning me last

to spend time alone with just

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

me. “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 to him and instead try to push him

me about last night. I wanted to know if I was wrong about Carter. “Did Carter ever

doesn’t do romantic. Everyone knows this, including me, and I would know plenty since

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

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

about what he’s done, I know

what happened?” 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,

I don’t think you should keep doing that around him. We want him to start liking you. You’ll need to try at

sister 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 he

me, still listening intently. “I feel like I’m reading a novel, but it’s your life! How

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