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“I would, but I’m already married.” Sadie shrugs, and my mouth falls open.
“What?” I ask, but she just chuckles.
“Terrifying,” Nissa says, making us all giggle.
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE
“Dandelions” by Ruth B
ROSE
As soon as I step through the door of the frat, I’m hit with a wall of muscle.
“You’re not moving out, and you’re sure as fuck not dumping me,” Holden growls as he strangles me in his arms.
“Wasn’t…planning…to…” I struggle to say, he’s holding me so tight.
“Fallon told me what happened with Amy. I don’t give a shit what she does–” Holden pauses, loosens his grip, and looks down, “Wait, what?”
“Sadie handled Amy.” I shrug. “I wasn’t going to leave either way, but Amy won’t be ruining your life over it.”
“Well, that makes this awkward…” Holden mumbles, and I frown.
“Explain.”
He doesn’t have to, though. Instead, he steps to the side, revealing my mother and Scott on a video call. The laptop rests on the coffee table, and my mind stumbles to figure out what's happening.
“What did you do?” I hiss, and Holden pushes a hand through his hair and winces.
“Will you be our girlfriend?” he asks, still wincing as Nash and Ren pop out from behind the couch holding flowers.
“What’s happening right now?” I whisper, searching the faces in the room for some sign that this is a prank.
“Wooo!” my mom cheers, but Holden waves at her.
“Not yet!”
“Mom?” I ask, my eyes wide, no doubt looking horrified. My mother must not be able to hear us because she keeps fucking screaming.
“Congratulations!”
“I don’t think she’s answered yet,” Scott says, making my mom calm down. I turn my wide eyes to Holden.
“I told them,” he says with a cringe. “Neither of them was surprised. Your mom asked what took us so long.”
“Mom!” I cry, turning back to the screen. She waves.
“Hi, Rosebud!”
“You knew!”
“Oh, about you and Holden? Of course, I did. What do I look like, a bat?” she chuckles.
“Surprise?” Holden chuckles, and I just stare. Still horrified.
“We have to go, Mom, love you, bye!” I say, closing the laptop and facing the guys. “Why?” is all I can ask, still feeling so lost.
“I panicked,” Holden admits. “I thought Amy was going to tell them, and I wanted them to hear it from us and not anyone else. Then I thought asking you to be our girlfriend was a good idea, but now I’m wondering if that was too much.”
