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Was he serious right now? “RJ, I still kind of need to know who my kiss thief is.”

“Do you though?”

I didn’t like the way he’d said that. “Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because.”

“Because, why?” he asked. “I guess you might need an STD test if you went further than third base...”

Sophie hit him in the back of the head again.

“You know, usually when a girl hits me she makes out with me right after.”

Liam laughed.

“Ew.” Sophie lowered her hand.

Jacob cleared his throat. “Scarlett, you never said. Did the kiss thief strike again?”

Ah!

“How else do you think I caught the guy?” RJ asked.

I knew my face was turning red. “Yeah...I...” my voice trailed off.

“Did you guys just kiss?” Jacob asked.

“Of course they just kissed,” Sophie said before I could respond. “Despite what you fake said, Scarlett isn’t a slut.”

God, did that mean I was a slut?! And why was she lying to him?! I needed to come clean about everything.

“Good,” Jacob said and continued eating.

This was bad. Really bad. Now when I told Jacob what actually happened he’d be the opposite of good. I glared at Sophie.

And she winked at me, like she thought she’d helped.

This was a disaster. “Liam,” I said. “Tell me who my kiss thief is.”

“I only heard second hand,” he said. “And I think RJ was just messing with me. You need to go to the source himself.” He nodded toward RJ.

RJ smiled at me.

What did Liam mean by he thought RJ was messing with him? Was whoever my kiss thief was super weird or something? “Liam, just tell me,” I said.

“Like I said, there’s no way what RJ told me is true.”

“RJ’s right,” Jacob said. “Does it really even matter? You are done talking to him, right?”

“Yes.” I was. Definitely. But it did still matter. Of course it mattered. But it didn’t seem like Jacob thought so. So I pressed my lips together. I wasn’t sure I could let this go though...

“Then I don’t see why it matters.”

“Well it matters to me,” Sophie said.

Thank goodness she could press it for me.