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“Nowhere,” I mutter.
But that’s not good enough. Shit. She’s gonna make me talk, and like hell I’m gonna tell her what just went down with Ethan.
And double shit.
I still need a place in this stupid sorority house. I’d spent my day trying and failing to come up with a good alternative to this stupid initiation and in the end gave up. My sole focus became all about my feelings for Ethan and how we were finally going to do the deed.
But he doesn’t want me, which should make the whole initiation task a hell of a lot easier.
Yet I still don’t want to go through with it.
My chest still hurts.
This burning, brutal ache is relentless as it pulses inside me.
“Were you with Ethan?”
“Yes,” I grit out.
“And how are things progressing there? You’re running out of time, you know.”
“I know that.”
“You had the perfect out. We arranged it all for you, but you had to go and get drunk, and make a total fool of yourself and us.” She points at her chest, then flicks her hand at the house. The venom in her voice has me backing away from her. I’m so not in the mood for this shit.
I’ve got my own fucking crisis to deal with.
I want to tell her that. I want to yell it right in her pretty little face.
But she’s still ranting.
“Now you’re having to drag this thing out unnecessarily.” Her eyes flash. “You are so not meant for this place, Mikayla. I don’t understand why you’re trying so hard to be one of us. I—” She cuts herself off, probably realizing how loud she’s shouting, before crossing her arms. “All you had to do was”—her voice rises again—“make Ethan Galloway fall in love with you, then publicly break his heart!”
“I know that!” I thunder back, finally lowering myself to her level. “What do you think I’ve been trying to do? You can’t just make someone fall in love with you!”
The words hurt coming out of me.
Here I was, pining after Ethan like some sap while he was probably figuring out ways to gently let me down.
“You sure about that?” Aimee arches her eyebrow, and my stomach pitches when I notice the wicked gleam in her eye.
Dread rises over my shoulder as I spin around and spot Ethan just behind me. The wounded look on his face crumples my insides.
Oh shit.He just heard every word of that… and he looks gutted.
“Ethan,” I rasp.
He shakes his head. “So this is why you never want to talk about anything. Because none of it is fucking real.”
I open my mouth, but all I can manage is a soft squeak.
His injured expression is brutal. I get one more look at it before he spins and starts walking down the road.
“No, wait…” My voice is a pathetic croak. I stumble after him but don’t get very far.
Aimee snatches my arm and spins me to face her. “Well, not exactly the public heartbreak I wanted.” She smirks.
“But it’s close enough!” Teah grins. She’s standing in the doorway next to Bella, who is watching her phone screen with glee, while I’m struggling not to throw up.
